Stokes, Indian Fairy Tales, "Phúlmati Ráni," p. 6.
Steere, Swahili Tales, "Hasseebu Kareem Ed Deed," p. 355.
Household Stories from the Land of Hofer, "The Dove Maiden," p. 368.
Vernaleken, In the Land of Marvels, "The Three White Doves," p. 263; "The Maiden on the Crystal Mountain," p. 274; "How Hans finds his Wife," p. 281; and "The Drummer," p. 288.
Grimm, vol. ii. "The Drummer," p. 333.
Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, p. 120.
Croker, Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland, "The Lady of Gollerus," p. 177.
Sagas from the Far East, pp. 29, 91.
Payne's Arabian Nights, "The Story of Janshah," vol. v. p. 98;
"Hassan of Bassora," and the "King's Daughter of the Jinn," vol. vii. p. 145.