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The History of God
FIELD No. F5CD
Visual depiction of A three-toed sloth hanging upside down from a cecropia branch in rain

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Vol. I · Animism

A three-toed sloth hanging upside down from a cecropia branch in rain

wet coat

green rain-forest light, muted earthy palette, picture book style, fine line work, 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 bombardier beetle spraying a boiling chemical blast at a predator

A bombardier beetle spraying a boiling chemical blast at a predator

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A dire wolf pack cornering a bison on a Pleistocene plain

A dire wolf pack cornering a bison on a Pleistocene plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A great blue heron standing motionless at the edge of a misty marsh

A great blue heron standing motionless at the edge of a misty marsh

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A leafcutter ant carrying a leaf fragment many times its size along a jungle path

A leafcutter ant carrying a leaf fragment many times its size along a jungle path

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Paraceratherium — the largest land mammal ever — browsing treetops in an Oligocene forest

A Paraceratherium — the largest land mammal ever — browsing treetops in an Oligocene forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sea turtle swimming gracefully through a coral reef

A sea turtle swimming gracefully through a coral reef

natural-animal