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- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2016-05-22). Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4766-2268-2.
- ↑ Estrella, Eduardo (2006). La medicina en el Ecuador prehispánico (in Spanish). Casa de la cultura Ecuatoriana "Benjamin Carrión, ". p. 117. ISBN 978-9978-45-253-0.
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