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- ↑ Michel Duvert, Dictionnaire illustré de mythologie basque [« Diccionario Ilustrado de Mitología Vasca y algunas de sus fuentes »], Donostia, Baiona, Elkarlanean, 1993, 372 p. [détail des éditions] ( ISBN 2903421358 et 9782903421359, OCLC 416178549)
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