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- ↑ Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilheim. "The Fairy Tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: The Singing Bone". SurLaLune Fairy Tales.
- ↑ Ashliman, D.L. "The Singing Bone and other tales of Aarne-Thompson type 780". SurLaLune Fairy Tales.
- ↑ Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilheim. "28: The Singing Bone". SurLaLune Fairy Tales. Retrieved September 2, 2002.
- ↑ Anderson, Graham (2000). Fairytale in the Ancient World. Routledge. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-0-415-23702-4 . Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ "Pentangle - Cruel Sister Lyrics".
- ↑ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. p. 136.
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- ↑ Hansen, Wilhelm. Danmarks Melodie Bog. 900 danske Sange for Piano med underlagt Text. 3 Del (in Danish). Kjøbenhavn & Leipzig. Wilhelm Hansen, Musik Forlag. pp. 38–39.
- ↑ Hahn, Beth (March 1, 2016). The Singing Bone (1st; Hardcover ed.). Regan Arts. ISBN 978-1-942872-56-6.
