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The History of God
FIELD No. 2983
Visual depiction of An Elasmosaurus with its impossibly long neck hunting fish in a Cretaceous sea

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Vol. I · Animism

An Elasmosaurus with its impossibly long neck hunting fish in a Cretaceous sea

elegant and alien

deep cold blue 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 blue-ringed octopus with vivid blue rings flashing warning on a coral reef

A blue-ringed octopus with vivid blue rings flashing warning on a coral reef

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Diplodocus herd moving through open Jurassic savanna

A Diplodocus herd moving through open Jurassic savanna

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Gomphotherium — four-tusked elephant ancestor — at a Miocene waterhole

A Gomphotherium — four-tusked elephant ancestor — at a Miocene waterhole

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Komodo dragon walking slowly through dry island scrub

A Komodo dragon walking slowly through dry island scrub

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A pair of rhinoceros hornbills at their tree nest hole in tropical forest

A pair of rhinoceros hornbills at their tree nest hole in tropical forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A sea otter floating on its back in a kelp forest

A sea otter floating on its back in a kelp forest

natural-animal