1. Jan Knappert,
Kings, Gods, & Spirits from African Mythology
, (New York: Peter Books, 1986) pg. 11
2. Ngangar Mbitu and Rancor Prime,
Essential African Mythology: Stories That Changed the World,
(San Francisco: Thorsons An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 1997) pg. Vii
3. Knappert, 11-12
4. Joseph Campbell,
The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
ed. Betty Sue Flowers,
5. Campbell, 31
6. Campbell, 59
7. Mbitu, 2-6
8. Mbitu, 6-8
9. Knappert, 17
10. Knappert 23- 24
11. Mbitu, 73-75
12. Mbitu, 62
13. Mbitu, xvii
14. Mbitu, 159-161
15. Harold Courlander, A Treasury of African Folklore, (New York: Marlowe and Company, 1996) 137-139
16. Knappert, 72-73
17. Knappert, 24-26