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- ↑ Skilling, Tom (18 April 2016). "Ask Tom: Could you explain wind direction terms?". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ↑ Luke Roman; Monica Roman (2010). Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology. Infobase Publishing. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-4381-2639-5.
- ↑ Harriet Maxwell Converse; Arthur Caswell Parker (1908). Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois. University of the State of New York. pp. 37–.
- ↑ de Marliave, Olivier (1995). Pequeño diccionario de mitología vasca y pirenaica. Palma de Mallorca Olañeta D.L. ISBN 9788476512326.
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