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6. Carol Silver, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Victorians and Fairy Brides," Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 6, no. 2 (1987): 283. Back to Annotations
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13. H.R. Ellis Davidson, Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, (Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1988), 79. Back to Annotations
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15. H.R. Ellis Davidson, 79. Back to Annotations
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18. Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc. Back to Annotations