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libri ... Begoes nymphae, quae artem scripserat fulguritarum apud Tuscos.
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French original:
Jannot, Jean-René (1998). Devins, Dieux, et Démons[Diviners, Gods, and Demons] (in French). Picard. - ↑ Bluhme, Friedrich (1848). Lachmann, K. (ed.). Die Schriften der römischer Feldmesser. Vol. I. Berlin, DE: G. Reimer. p. 350; cited by Dumézil (2000): 623 .
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