Altman, Anna E. and Gail de Vos. Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
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Andersen, Hans Christian The Fairy Tale of My Life. New York: Paddington Press, 1975. FTL.
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Ashliman, D. L.  A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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Ashliman, D. L.  The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Fairy Tales).
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Bernheimer, Kate.  Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Women Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales.  New York: Anchor Books, 1998.
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Bettelheim, Bruno.  The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.  New York: Vintage Books, 1975.
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Cashdan, Sheldon. The Witch Must Die. New York: Basic, 1999.
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Chevalier, Jean and Alain Gheerbrant. A Dictionary of Symbols, Second Edition. Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.
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de Vos, Gail and Anna E. Altmann. New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
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Einfield, Jann, ed. Fairy Tales. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.
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Frank, Jeffrey and Diana Crone Frank.  The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish.  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
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Leach, Maria.  Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology and Legend.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1949.
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Murphy, Bruce, ed.  Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition.  New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
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The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1990 Edition.  New York: Lexicon Publications, 1990.

Olderr, Steven. Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1986.
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Propp, Vladimir. Morphology of the Folktale. Austin: University of Texas, 1968.
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"Sati (practice)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Accessed on September 28, 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)>

Tatar, Maria M., ed. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.
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Tatar, Maria M. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton: Princeton University, 1987.
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Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1946.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. "On Fairy Stories." Tree and Leaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
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Wullschlager, Jackie. Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic. Little Rock: August House, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. When Dreams Come True. London: Routledge, 1998.
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Websites:
The Hans Christian Andersen Centre: www.andersen.sdu.dk/ HCAC

Wikipedia

Free Dictionary

Orkney Wild Hunt

The Endicott Studio www.endicott-studio.com
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Andersen, Hans Christian The True Story of My Life (1846) TS.

Berk, Ari, Penance, Power, and Pursuit: On the Trail of the Wild Hunt, (The Endicott Studio, 2002)

Briggs, Katherine, A Dictionary of Fairies (1976)

Briggs, Katherine, The Fairies in Tradition and Literature (London and New York: Routledge, 2002)

Day, Cyrus L., "Knots and Knot Lore" Western Folklore, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1950): 229-256

Eliade, Mircea, Le chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'exstase. (Paris, 1951)

Farley, Edgar Frank, "Three 'Lapland Songs'" PMLA, Vol.21, No.1 (1906): 1-39

Lederer, Wolfgang. The Kiss of the Snow Queen: Hans Christian Andersen and Man's Redemption by Woman. University of California Press, 1986.
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Milton, John, Paradise Lost (London, 1667) An online version is consultable at www.paradiselost.org

Motz, Lotte, "The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda and Related Figures" Folklore, Vol. 95, No. 2 (1984): 151-166

Purkiss, Diane, At the bottom of the garden. A dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things (New York: New York University Press, 2001)

Rubeck, Mary Ann, Annotations Documenting and Interpreting the Reflection of Hans Christian Andersen's Life in his Fairy Tales. (Ph.D. dissertation: State University of New York and Buffalo, 1981)

Windling, Terry, Hans Christian Andersen Father of the Modern Fairy Tale (The Endicott Studio, 2005)

Wullschlager, Jackie, Hans Christian Andersen. The Life of a Storyteller (London: Penguin Books, 2000)

Zipes, Jack. The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood. New York and London: Routledge, 1993.