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The History of God
FIELD No. 28F8
Visual depiction of Ambulocetus — the walking whale — lunging from a shallow Eocene sea to seize prey

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Vol. I · Animism

Ambulocetus — the walking whale — lunging from a shallow Eocene sea to seize prey

transitional form

warm ochre and turquoise 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 Quetzalcoatlus launching from a Cretaceous cliff

A Quetzalcoatlus launching from a Cretaceous cliff

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A snow leopard picking its way carefully across a boulder-strewn mountain ridge in morning mist

A snow leopard picking its way carefully across a boulder-strewn mountain ridge in morning mist

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A white-tailed eagle circling low above a frozen Nordic lake

A white-tailed eagle circling low above a frozen Nordic lake

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of An Oviraptor tending its nest of eggs in the Mongolian desert

An Oviraptor tending its nest of eggs in the Mongolian desert

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A blue morpho butterfly wing scale structure at extreme magnification

A blue morpho butterfly wing scale structure at extreme magnification

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Devonian reef teeming with armoured fish

A Devonian reef teeming with armoured fish

natural-animal