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The History of God
FIELD No. 2F3F
Visual depiction of The Crab Nebula supernova remnant

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Vol. I · Animism

The Crab Nebula supernova remnant

filaments of gas exploding outward from a dead star

deep burgundy and electric 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 Rhamphorhynchus diving for fish over a Jurassic lagoon

A Rhamphorhynchus diving for fish over a Jurassic lagoon

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A stag beetle male raising its massive mandibles on an oak branch at dusk

A stag beetle male raising its massive mandibles on an oak branch at dusk

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A woolly mammoth and a Neanderthal hunter facing each other across a snowy plain

A woolly mammoth and a Neanderthal hunter facing each other across a snowy plain

natural-animal

 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 Brontotherium — giant rhinoceros-like mammal — in combat on an Oligocene plain

A Brontotherium — giant rhinoceros-like mammal — in combat on an Oligocene plain

natural-animal

 Visual depiction of A Dunkleosteus armoured fish lunging at prey in a Devonian reef

A Dunkleosteus armoured fish lunging at prey in a Devonian reef

natural-animal