Kürsinger, Ignatz von (1841) Chapter "Voksbelustigungen..", p. 164 in and Hübner (1796) in paragraph starting "Unter die Voksbelustigungen..", mentioning Kuhetreiber (prob. Almabtrieb) then subsequently the "Bercht", which is also referred to as "diese Spektakel".[90]
Smith (2004), p.174, Abstract: "This paper links Perchta's behaviour, and that of other bogeyman figures, to their historical context". Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Jones, Alison (1995) Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore. Edinburgh and New York. p. 64 on Perchta: "thought to have originally been a goddess, like [Hulda], perhaps the Earth goddess Hulda" quoted by Smith (2004), p.168. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), pp.171–72: "So close are substance and tone of these twentieth-century Austrian traditions [i.e., the AFA stories] to ones presented by Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie.. [and for him and others] such lore was fraught with primitive significance... In fact, the present-day student of folk narrative will recognise many of the themes that find expression in the AFA [Austrian Folklore Atlas] material, and will perhaps allow that, although there are doubtless archaic elements here, there is little that "smacks of heathendom" in the way that Grimm meant. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Grieshofer, Franz[in German] (1999). "Perchten―Maskengestalten der Mittwinterzeit". In Johler, Birgit; Rauter, Brigitte; Pallestrang, Kathrin (eds.). 2000: Zeiten, Übergange: zur Konstruktion der Jahrtausendwende (in German). Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde. p.46. (sampler)
"Customs and Folklore in Austria". Austrian Information. 31 (5). Information Department of the Austrian Consulate General: 5–6. 1978.
Jungmann, Antonjn (1831). "Krátký obsah náboženstwj pohanského u Slowanů, zwláště u Čechů"[A brief summary of the pagan religion of the Slovaks, especially the Czechs]. Krok. Weregny spis wsenaucny pro wzdelance narodu Cesko-Slowanskeho[Krok. A comprehensive general text for educators of the Czech-Slovak people] (in Czech). 2. Josef Fetterle: 365.
Kutin, Barbara Ivančič (August 2016). "'Krivopete': Wild Women with Backward-facing Feet in Slovenian Folk Narrative Tradition". Folklore. 127 (2): 176. JSTOR24774383.
Smith (2004), p.174, Abstract: "This paper links Perchta's behaviour, and that of other bogeyman figures, to their historical context". Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Jones, Alison (1995) Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore. Edinburgh and New York. p. 64 on Perchta: "thought to have originally been a goddess, like [Hulda], perhaps the Earth goddess Hulda" quoted by Smith (2004), p.168. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), pp.171–72: "So close are substance and tone of these twentieth-century Austrian traditions [i.e., the AFA stories] to ones presented by Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie.. [and for him and others] such lore was fraught with primitive significance... In fact, the present-day student of folk narrative will recognise many of the themes that find expression in the AFA [Austrian Folklore Atlas] material, and will perhaps allow that, although there are doubtless archaic elements here, there is little that "smacks of heathendom" in the way that Grimm meant. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), p.174, Abstract: "This paper links Perchta's behaviour, and that of other bogeyman figures, to their historical context". Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Jones, Alison (1995) Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore. Edinburgh and New York. p. 64 on Perchta: "thought to have originally been a goddess, like [Hulda], perhaps the Earth goddess Hulda" quoted by Smith (2004), p.168. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), pp.171–72: "So close are substance and tone of these twentieth-century Austrian traditions [i.e., the AFA stories] to ones presented by Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie.. [and for him and others] such lore was fraught with primitive significance... In fact, the present-day student of folk narrative will recognise many of the themes that find expression in the AFA [Austrian Folklore Atlas] material, and will perhaps allow that, although there are doubtless archaic elements here, there is little that "smacks of heathendom" in the way that Grimm meant. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), p.174, Abstract: "This paper links Perchta's behaviour, and that of other bogeyman figures, to their historical context". Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Jones, Alison (1995) Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore. Edinburgh and New York. p. 64 on Perchta: "thought to have originally been a goddess, like [Hulda], perhaps the Earth goddess Hulda" quoted by Smith (2004), p.168. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Smith (2004), pp.171–72: "So close are substance and tone of these twentieth-century Austrian traditions [i.e., the AFA stories] to ones presented by Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie.. [and for him and others] such lore was fraught with primitive significance... In fact, the present-day student of folk narrative will recognise many of the themes that find expression in the AFA [Austrian Folklore Atlas] material, and will perhaps allow that, although there are doubtless archaic elements here, there is little that "smacks of heathendom" in the way that Grimm meant. Smith, John B. (2004). "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments". Folklore. 115 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1080/0015587042000231264. JSTOR30035166. S2CID216643443. (online via scribd)
Grieshofer, Franz[in German] (1999). "Perchten―Maskengestalten der Mittwinterzeit". In Johler, Birgit; Rauter, Brigitte; Pallestrang, Kathrin (eds.). 2000: Zeiten, Übergange: zur Konstruktion der Jahrtausendwende (in German). Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde. p.46. (sampler)
