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The History of God
FIELD No. 0310
Visual depiction of Early Homo sapiens painting a mammoth hunt on a limestone cave wall by torchlight

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Vol. I · Animism

Early Homo sapiens painting a mammoth hunt on a limestone cave wall by torchlight

red ochre hand prints and animal silhouettes

deep amber and shadow 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 Early Homo sapiens using a bow and arrow to hunt a deer in a temperate forest

Early Homo sapiens using a bow and arrow to hunt a deer in a temperate forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Brachiosaurus stretching its neck into the canopy of a Jurassic forest

A Brachiosaurus stretching its neck into the canopy of a Jurassic forest

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A dung beetle rolling its perfect sphere across sun-baked African savanna

A dung beetle rolling its perfect sphere across sun-baked African savanna

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A great hammerhead shark cruising over a coral reef

A great hammerhead shark cruising over a coral reef

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A lion resting in tall golden savanna grass at dusk

A lion resting in tall golden savanna grass at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A peacock jumping spider displaying iridescent face to a female on a leaf

A peacock jumping spider displaying iridescent face to a female on a leaf

natural-animal