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The History of God
FIELD No. F0A6
Visual depiction of A platypus swimming in a clear Australian creek

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Vol. I · Animism

A platypus swimming in a clear Australian creek

broad flat bill probing the gravel bottom

cool green dappled light, muted earthy palette, fine line work, picture book 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 black rhinoceros charging through dry thornbush

A black rhinoceros charging through dry thornbush

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Deinotherium — elephant with downward-curving tusks — at a Miocene waterhole

A Deinotherium — elephant with downward-curving tusks — at a Miocene waterhole

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Glyptodon — armoured like a Volkswagen — grazing on a Pleistocene plain

A Glyptodon — armoured like a Volkswagen — grazing on a Pleistocene plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A jerboa leaping through low desert scrub at night

A jerboa leaping through low desert scrub at night

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A North American porcupine climbing a white birch tree in winter

A North American porcupine climbing a white birch tree in winter

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sand martin colony at their burrow holes in a river cliff

A sand martin colony at their burrow holes in a river cliff

natural-animal