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- ↑ Coulter, Charles Russell (2013). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 9781135963903.
- ↑ Monaghan, Patricia (2014). Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. New World Library. pp. 318–319. ISBN 9781608682171.
- ↑ "Dzalarhons Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
