We do that sort of thing all the time.
When we’re explaining something to someone, like in a drawing, we draw the picture and say *This is.....*.
And of course, nobody thinks it is the real object but understand that it’s only a representation.
Some people are metaphor challenged.
Since we do that all the time it’s hard to understand why others aren’t allowed to do so by the “metaphor challenged”.
Are you saying that this applies to the first 11 chapters of Genesis too?
Pax et bonem