Title: The god who begat a jackal
Description: "In The God Who Begat a Jackal, the seventeenth-century feudal system, vassal uprisings, religious mythology, and the Crusades are beautifully intertwined with the intense love between Aster, the daughter of a feudal lord, and Gudu, the court jester and family slave. Aster and Gudu's relationship is the ultimate taboo, but supernatural elements galore presage a destiny more powerful than the rule of a man."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Ethnic relations, Social classes, African Gods, Slaves, Fiction, History, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Slaves, fiction, Ethiopia, fiction, Enslaved persons, fiction
Places: Ethiopia
Time periods: 1490-1889