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- 1 2 3 4 Ojanen, Eero & Linnea, Sirkku (2019). Suomen myyttiset eläimet. Minerva. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-952-312-799-9.
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- ↑ While "revontulet" is the standard word for northern lights in the modern Finnish, "repo" itself (genetive: "revon") is an archaic word. Nowadays "kettu" is a standard word for fox.