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The History of God
FIELD No. 7156
Visual depiction of A Siberian crane in flight over the Poyang Lake wetlands in winter

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Vol. I · Animism

A Siberian crane in flight over the Poyang Lake wetlands in winter

white wings outstretched

red face, grey winter sky, cool silver and white 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.

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