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Animal Deities

Animal Deities is a conceptual construct within animal iconography that denotes deified representations of animals in religious, mythological, or spiritual systems, distinguished by their attribution of divine agency, sacred symbolism, and ritual significance in human cultural contexts.

73

Publications

2K

Citations

89

Authors

29

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

9

Variants

Zoomorphic DeitiesZoomorphic Gods

Parents

Publications

73

Animals for the Gods: Magical and Religious Faunal Use and Trade in Brazil

Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ierecê L. Rosa, Nivaldo Aureliano Léo Neto et al. · Human Ecology · 2012 · 116 citations

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Nietzsche's animal philosophy: culture, politics, and the animality of the human being

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 82 citations

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The Status of Animals in Biblical and Christian Thought: A Study in Colliding Values

Rod Preece, David Fraser · Society and Animals · 2000 · 73 citations

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When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World

Tony Watling · Journal of Contemporary Religion · 2020 · 55 citations

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Awe for the tiger, love for the lamb: a chronicle of sensibility to animals

Rod Preece · Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 55 citations · Full text

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Authors

89

  1. RP
    Rod Preece

    Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  2. RG
    Rosalind Galt

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

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  3. DF
    David Fraser

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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  4. JJ
    Joshua J. Van Ee

    Westminster Seminary California, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. RC
    Richard C. Wade

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. Science Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. Apple (Israel)

    Herzliya, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Association of Research Libraries

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. World Water Watch

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  8. Oxford Brookes University

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 298 citations

    7

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  2. Society and Animals

    4 publications · 161 citations

    4

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  3. Journal of Biblical Literature

    SBL · 3 publications · 55 citations

    3

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  4. History of Religions

    2 publications · 51 citations

    2

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  5. Numen

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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