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- ↑ Gabriel Maxenius, De effectibus fascino-naturalibus, eli, Runoloitsujen vaikutuksista, ed. and trans. by Nils-G. Hublin (Kuopio: [Kuopion yliopisto], 1985); facsimiles of the original publication at http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fd2013-00003262 and http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fd2014-00005180.
- ↑ Clive Tolley, Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic, FF Communications, 296-297, 2 vols (Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2009), I 81.
- ↑ Yrjö Kotivuori, Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640–1852: Gabriel Maxenius. Verkkojulkaisu 2005 <http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5700>. Accessed 10 June 2016.
- ↑ Yrjö Kotivuori, Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640–1852: Gabriel Maxenius. Verkkojulkaisu 2005 <http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5700>. Accessed 10 June 2016.
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