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- ↑ "BEIVVE Sami Sun Godess [sic]". www.tjatsi.fo. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ↑ Karsten, Rafael, Samefolkets religion: de nordiska lapparnas hedniska tro och kult i religionshistorisk belysning, Stockholm, 1952
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