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The History of God
FIELD No. 5FEA
Visual depiction of Ogun

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Ogun

Yoruba god of iron and war

emerging from the forest with a machete and iron chains, fire at his feet, palm wine and dogs as his offerings

Organization
Mixed Bronze-Age pantheons (Vedic + Mesopotamian)
Time period
c. 2000 BCE – 500 BCE
Location
Eurasia (India + Mesopotamia)

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

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Apollo

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 Visual depiction of Hades

Hades

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Ma'at

Ma'at

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Poseidon

Poseidon

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Viracocha

Viracocha

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Coyote

Coyote

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian