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- ↑ Vicuña Cifuentes, Julio (1915). Mitos y supersticiones recogidos de la tradición oral chilena (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. pp. 1–2.
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- ↑ Montencino 2015, p. 196-197
- ↑ Plath 1979, p. 127.
- 1 2 Plath 1979, p. 129
- 1 2 3 4 Plath 1979, p. 129.
- 1 2 Plath 1979, p. 128.
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- Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8.
- Plath, Oreste (1979). Folklore chileno (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Nascimiento.
