Zoomorphism

LC control no.	sh2023000698
Topical heading	Zoomorphism *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Symbolism *Browse this term in* LC Authorities God--Corporeality *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Work cat: Fan, Wu, Estudio contrastivo de los zoomorfismos en la fraseología china y española, 2015 p. 5, etc. ("in the phraseology of Chinese and Spanish, there appears frequently animals that are close to the daily lives of humans; these expressions capture the characteristics of animals that allude to the form of being that humans have..." OED online, Mar. 13, 2023: (Zoomorphism; n., 1a. The attribution of animal form or nature to a god or supernatural being; 1b. The supernatural transformation of a person or god into an animal. Merriem-Webster's online, Mar. 13, 2023: (Zoomorphism, n., the representation of deity in the form or with the attributes of the lower animals)