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- 1 2 Hodgetts, Edith (1890). Tales and legends from the land of the Tzar; a collection of Russian stories. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh.
- ↑ Ashliman, D. L. (2004). Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 225. ISBN 9780313328107.
- ↑ Zipes, Jack (2017). The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical Tales. United States of America: Princeton University Press. pp. 112, 218, 357, 372, 390. ISBN 9781400885633.
- ↑ "Page:Folk-lore - A Quarterly Review. Volume 2, 1891.djvu/120 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
