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The History of God
FIELD No. 06F9
Visual depiction of A secretary bird stomping a puff adder to death on open grassland

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Vol. I · Animism

A secretary bird stomping a puff adder to death on open grassland

powerful legs

wings raised for balance, dramatic confrontation, warm gold and olive palette, loose brushwork, 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 red-eyed tree frog clinging to a wet bromeliad leaf in tropical downpour

A red-eyed tree frog clinging to a wet bromeliad leaf in tropical downpour

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Spinosaurus wading into a North African river to catch a sawfish

A Spinosaurus wading into a North African river to catch a sawfish

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A wombat emerging from its burrow in Australian eucalyptus scrub at dusk

A wombat emerging from its burrow in Australian eucalyptus scrub at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of Early Homo sapiens trading shells and pigments with another group across a river

Early Homo sapiens trading shells and pigments with another group across a river

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A box jellyfish trailing long tentacles in open tropical water

A box jellyfish trailing long tentacles in open tropical water

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Doedicurus swinging its spiked mace tail at a Smilodon on a Pleistocene plain

A Doedicurus swinging its spiked mace tail at a Smilodon on a Pleistocene plain

natural-animal