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- ↑ "Demonologia słowiańska". satanorium.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ Aleksander Brückner, Mitologia słowiańska i polska, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw, 1980.
- ↑ "Boruta. Słownik polskiej bajki ludowej". bajka.umk.pl (in Polish).