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- ↑ El gran libro de la mitología asturiana, Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente and Xesús Cañedo Valle, Ediciones Trabe, 2003, p. 111-112.
- ↑ Mitos y leyendas de Asturias
- ↑ El gran libro de la mitología asturiana, Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente and Xesús Cañedo Valle, Ediciones Trabe, 2003, p. 114.
- ↑ Mitos y leyendas de Asturias
- ↑ Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal, J. K. Rowling, trad. Lia Wyler, Editora Rocco, 2000.
