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The History of God
FIELD No. 61A3
Visual depiction of A Thylacoleo marsupial lion leaping onto prey from an Australian cliff

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Vol. I · Animism

A Thylacoleo marsupial lion leaping onto prey from an Australian cliff

retractable claws

enormous shearing teeth, warm ochre and red 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 bighorn sheep ram silhouetted on a high ridge at golden hour

A bighorn sheep ram silhouetted on a high ridge at golden hour

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A deep sea viperfish with hinged jaw and photophores

A deep sea viperfish with hinged jaw and photophores

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A glass frog perched on a translucent leaf above a jungle stream

A glass frog perched on a translucent leaf above a jungle stream

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A jaguar swimming powerfully across an Amazonian black-water river

A jaguar swimming powerfully across an Amazonian black-water river

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Neanderthal hunting group driving a woolly rhinoceros toward a cliff on an ice age plain

A Neanderthal hunting group driving a woolly rhinoceros toward a cliff on an ice age plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A saber-tooth cat stalking early hominids at a waterhole

A saber-tooth cat stalking early hominids at a waterhole

natural-animal