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- Gun Herranen (1990), "Hackman, Walter Oskar", Enzyklopädie des Märchens (in German), vol. 6, col. 350–351
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References
- ↑ Kai Laitinen (1973), Aino Kallas 1897–1921 (in German), Helsinki: Otava, p. 177, ISBN 951-100677-0
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- ↑ Antti Aarne (1910), Verzeichnis der Märchentypen, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian toimituksia. FF Communications 3 (in German) (1. ed.), Helsinki: Druckerei der Finnischen Litteraturgesellschaft, pp. X
