I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.

Altman, Anna E. and Gail de Vos. Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Ashliman, D. L.  A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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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.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Bredsdorff, Elias. Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work, 1805-75. New York: Scribner, 1975.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Briggs, Katharine. A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures. London: Allen Lane, 1976. [Published in U.S. as An Encyclopedia of Fairies. New York: Pantheon Books, 1976.]
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

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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Cirlot, J. E. A Dictionary of Symbols, 2nd ed. Jack Sage, trans. New York: Philosophical Library, 1962. Reprinted by Dover in 2002.
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Cooper, J. C. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978.
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Davidson, H.E. "Helpers and Adversaries in Fairy Tales." A Companion to the Fairy Tale. Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri, editors. Rochester, New York: D. S. Brewer, 2003.
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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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Franz, Marie-Louise von. Individuation in Fairy Tales. Boston: Shambhala, 1977, 1990.
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Internet Movie Database. Accessed on July 28, 2008.
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Jones, Alison. Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore. Edinburgh; New York: Larousse, 1995.
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Knowles, Elizabeth. The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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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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Tatar, Maria M. The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
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Tatar, Maria M. The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007.
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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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“Amalienborg”.  The Danish Monarchy.  Palaces.  May 14 2008.            <kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_pal_ama>

Andersen, Jens.  Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life.  Trans. Tiina Nunnally.  NY:
            Overlook Duckworth, 2005.

Andersen, Lisa Prestgaard.  “The Feminine Element – and a Little about the Masculine
            Element in H. C. Andersen’s Fairy Tales”.  1999.  7May 2008.  Available at
            <www.andsern.sdu.dk>

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Bettelheim, Bruno.  The Uses of Enchantment.  NY: Vintage, 1989.

Biedermann, Hans.  The Wordsworth Dictionary of Symbolism.  Trans. James
            Hulbert.  Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 2006.

Cech, Jon.  “Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales and Stories: Secrets, Swans, and
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            Bloom’s Literary Reference Online.  14 March 2008.

Cirlot, J. E.  A Dictionary of Symbols.  2nd ed.  Trans. Jack Sage.  Mineola, NY:
            Dover Publications, 2002.

Clute John.  “Rite of Passage”.  The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.  Ed. John Clute and John Grant.  NY: St. Martin’s Griffin.  1999.  813.
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Evans, Ivor.  The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.  Ware, Hertfordshire:
            Wordsworth Editions, 1993.

Haahr, Joan G.  “’Steadfast Tin Soldier, The’”.  The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales.
            Ed. Jack Zipes.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.  496-497.

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            Forlag A/S.  2000-2001. 22-23.

Hersholt, Jean.  Trans.  The Complete Andersen.  NY: Heritage Press, 1949.

Kaveney, Roz and John Clute.  “Night Journey”.  The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.  Ed.
            John Clute and John Grant.  NY: St. Martin’s Griffin. 1999.  685-686.

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            Grant.  NY: St. Martin’s Griffin.  1999.  500.

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Matthews, John and Caitlin.  The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures.  London:
            Harper Element, 2005.

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            Mythology and Legend.  Vol 1 and Vol 2.  2nd ed.  NY: Facts of File Inc, 2004.

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            Between Traditional Craft and Literary Modernism”.  Marvels and Tales:
            Journal of Fairy Tale Studies.  Vol. 20.  No 2 (2006).  166-178.

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            1998.
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