Gerald McDermott

A Tale from the Ashanti (An Owlet Book)

Anansi the Spider

An Indian boy who is a descendant of the Lord of the Sun sets out in search of his father

A Pueblo Indian Tale

Arrow to the Sun

Retells the myth of how Osiris, ruler of Egypt and husband of Isis, comes to be ruler instead of the underworld.

A Myth of Ancient Egypt

The Voyage of Osiris

The Mischief Maker

Papagayo

An Indian boy who is a descendant of the Lord of the Sun sets out in search of his father.

The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do.

A Trickster Tale from Hawaiʻi

Pig-Boy

Crocodile wants to feast on Monkey's heart and Monkey must outsmart him if he is to enjoy eating mangoes all day.

A Trickster Tale from India

Monkey

Marianna Mayer

A dishwashing hippopotamus practices pastry making in the palace kitchen each night while the rest of the world sleeps. Then one night the king discovers one of his delicious cream puffs. Confusion and justice follow.

Marcel the Pastry Chef

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

A Tale from the Ashanti

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

When Pluto wrongly takes Proserpina to be his bride in the Underworld, Ceres, mother of Proserpina and goddess of the Earth, withdraws into a cave to mourn and refuses to permit crops to grow.

A Roman Myth

Daughter of Earth

Quem são os grandes teólogos da igreja? O que havia de especial em seus ensinos? O que podemos aprender com eles hoje? Neste livro o autor não apenas nos instrui sobre onze teólogos de grande importância, mas também nos ajuda a identificar aquilo que continua válido para os nossos dias. Com perguntas para reflexão e debate no final de cada capítulo, Grandes teólogos é perfeito para o estudo individual ou em grupos pequenos. À medida que se der o estudo, os membros do grupo podem explorar a história teológica que um partilha com o outro e também descobrir as razões por que cada um crê no que crê. Aqui está a oportunidade de pensar sobre Deus juntamente com "os grandes".

Uma síntese do pensamento teológico em 21 séculos de igreja

Grandes teólogos

A very poor Irishman is provided with magical things by the "wee folk," but he must then keep his good fortune out of the hands of the greedy McGoons.

An Irish Tale

Tim O'toole And The Wee Folk

Zomo the Rabbit, an African trickster, sets out to gain wisdom.

A Trickster Tale from West Africa

Zomo the Rabbit

All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabut, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabut into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven. By the creator of Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest. Reprint.

A Trickster Tale from the Amazon

Jabuti the Tortoise

Evangelical theology is a burgeoning field. This volume surveys the state of the discipline on topics of greatest importance to evangelical theology. Each chapter has been written by a theologian or scholar who is widely recognized for his or her published work and is considered a leading thinker on that topic.

The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology

Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if anyone can find a way to bring light to the world, wise and clever Raven can!

Gerald McDermott

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