theriomorphismn.
/ˌθɪərɪəʊˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m/ The ascription to God or to a god of the form or characteristics of a beast.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > representation of god(s)
zoomorphism1822
theotechny1858
animalization1886
tricephal1888
theriomorphism1908
1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 538/1 The Annamese believes in..beings who can pass from one genus or species to another under certain conditions of space and time. Hence theriomorphism and totemism.
1912 H. M. Chadwick Heroic Age vi. 125 It may be remarked in passing that theriomorphism plays a very prominent part in the religious practices and conceptions of primitive peoples, and..we hear not unfrequently of a struggle between a god or national hero and some theriomorphic being whose sanctuary or attributes he appears to have taken over.
1930 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Stud. Philos. of Relig. vi. 75 Theriomorphism seems..to precede anthropomorphism, and it is only gradually that the gods are humanized.
1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Dec. 1431 The Charollais becomes the focal-point for a manic, if short-lived, cult of theriomorphism.
1982 Jrnl. Indo-European Stud. 10 159 Volos is subsumed by theriomorphism..heavenly bodies..fertility..and the realm of life.
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