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- ↑ "Finno-Ugric Mythology in Hungarian Fairy Tales".
- ↑ "Hungarian Fairies by Theodora Goss: Summer 2006, Journal of Mythic Arts, Endicott Studio". Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Jarvis, Stan (2008). Discovering First Names. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7478-0383-6.
- ↑ There are 25,000 women named Ilona in the Finnish Population Register: Name service
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