Zoomorphism

Art that imagines humans as non-human animals

Art that portrays one species of animal like another species of animal

Art that creates patterns using animal imagery, or animal style

Deities depicted in animal form, such as exist in ancient Egyptian religion

Therianthropy: the ability to shapeshift into animal form

Attributing animal form or other animal characteristics to anything other than an animal; similar to but broader than anthropomorphism

The tendency of viewing human behaviour in terms of the behaviour of animals, contrary to anthropomorphism, which views animal or non-animal behaviour in human terms

The word derives from the Greek ζωον (zōon), meaning animal, and μορφη (morphē), meaning shape or form.

Examples

Zoomorphic representation in religion

The appearance of the Holy Spirit as a dove in the New Testament. Mark the Evangelist as a lion in later Christian iconography.

The Egyptian gods were often depicted as zoomorphic or as hybrid

Zoomorphic language for things, ideas

A literary phrase such as "The roar of the ocean".

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Zoomorphic representation in religion

Zoomorphic language for things, ideas

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