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.

Ashliman, D. L. "Incest in Indo-European Folktales". Folktales and Mythology Electronic Texts. 1997.
URL: www.pitt.edu/~dash/incest.html
Accessed on 3 March 2006.

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.

Biedermann, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism. James Hulbert, translator. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Frazer, Sir James. The Golden Bough. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1993.

Jones, Alison. Dictionary of Saints. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1995.

Lindahl, Carl. McNamara, John. Lindow, John. Medieval Folklore. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Lindemans, Micha F. "Devil". Encyclopedia Mythica. Modified Dec 26, 1999. Copyright 2006.
URL: www.pantheon.org/articles/d/devil.html
Accessed on 7 July 2006.

Nataf, Andre. Dictionary of the Occult. John Davidson, translator. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994.

Opie, Iona and Tatem, Moira. A Dictionary of Superstitions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Paradiz, Valerie. Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales. New York: Basic Books, 2005.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Snyder, Midori. "The Armless Maiden and the Hero's Journey". Endicott Studios. Journal Of Mythic Arts. Winter 2006.
URL: www.endicott- studio.com/rdrm/rrhjourney.html
Accessed on 28 March 2006.

The Hagley Museum Guide. Annville, PA: Lebanon Valley Offset Company Inc, 1976.

Warner, Marina.  From Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers.  London: Chatto & Windus, 1994.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback.

Zipes, Jack. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1988, 2002.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in paperback. {Note: This book contains English translations of the 1812 and 1857 versions of the tale.}

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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