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The History of God
FIELD No. D7A1
Visual depiction of A North American porcupine climbing a white birch tree in winter

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Vol. I · Animism

A North American porcupine climbing a white birch tree in winter

quills fanned

cold blue light, muted earthy palette, fine line work, naturalist sketchbook style, sharp focus, 4K detail

Organization
Animistic Animal Spirits
Time period
Pre-history – present (animism is continuous)
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how natural-animal has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of A cave bear in its den surrounded by bones

A cave bear in its den surrounded by bones

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A family of elephants with a newborn calf at a waterhole at sunset

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 Visual depiction of A grey heron lifting from a reedy river at dawn

A grey heron lifting from a reedy river at dawn

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 Visual depiction of A Maiasaura mother watching over a nest full of hatchlings in a Cretaceous nesting colony

A Maiasaura mother watching over a nest full of hatchlings in a Cretaceous nesting colony

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 Visual depiction of A Plesiosaurus in a Jurassic sea

A Plesiosaurus in a Jurassic sea

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 Visual depiction of A short-finned pilot whale pod at sunset

A short-finned pilot whale pod at sunset

natural-animal