Thus the Zmei Gorynych or Tugarin who feature as boyfriends of Marinka in Dobrynya and Marinka are noted as being "dragon-like figures" (Bailey & Ivanova (1998), p. 99) Bailey, James; Ivanova, Tatyana (1998). An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ISBN0-585-26579-8.
:Bailey & Ivanova (1998), p. 122 "zoomorphic and anthropomorphic features are combined in him". Citing Propp (1958b), The Russian Heroic Epic, pp. 206–24; Putilov [ru] (1971b) "Сюжетная замкнутость и второй сюжетный план в славянском эпосе"[Plot enclosure and plot background in the Slavic epic]", pp. 54–62. Bailey, James; Ivanova, Tatyana (1998). An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ISBN0-585-26579-8.
Warner (2002), ""Dobrýnya the Dragon-Slayer, and Marína", p. 118, Marína (Marínushka Ignátievna) has Tugarin Dragon's Son as "her dear friend" Warner, Elizabeth (2002). Russian Myths. Armonk, New York: University of Texas Press. ISBN978-0-2927-9158-9.
Mizukami (2015), p. 62. Mizukami, Noriko (2015), アファナーシエフにおけるзмейをめぐって ["zmei" in Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev] (PDF), JISRD (in Japanese and Russian) (6): 53–63
Mizukami (2015), p. 53. Mizukami, Noriko (2015), アファナーシエフにおけるзмейをめぐって ["zmei" in Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev] (PDF), JISRD (in Japanese and Russian) (6): 53–63
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Stangé-Zhirovova (1992), p. 325. Stangé-Zhirovova, Nadia (1992), Народная и книжная традиция почитания св. Георгия на Руси: Опыт историко-этнографического анализа [The folk and book tradition of veneration of St. George in Russia: The experience of historical and ethnographic analysis], Revue des études slaves (in Russian), 64 (2), doi:10.3406/slave.1992.6046, JSTOR43493601
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Stangé-Zhirovova (1992), p. 325. Stangé-Zhirovova, Nadia (1992), Народная и книжная традиция почитания св. Георгия на Руси: Опыт историко-этнографического анализа [The folk and book tradition of veneration of St. George in Russia: The experience of historical and ethnographic analysis], Revue des études slaves (in Russian), 64 (2), doi:10.3406/slave.1992.6046, JSTOR43493601
Version collected by Kirsha Danilov. Printed in: Evgenyeva, A. P. and Putilov [ru] (1977), Ancient Russian poems, p. 184, cited by Stangé-Zhirovova.
:Bailey & Ivanova (1998), p. 122 "zoomorphic and anthropomorphic features are combined in him". Citing Propp (1958b), The Russian Heroic Epic, pp. 206–24; Putilov [ru] (1971b) "Сюжетная замкнутость и второй сюжетный план в славянском эпосе"[Plot enclosure and plot background in the Slavic epic]", pp. 54–62. Bailey, James; Ivanova, Tatyana (1998). An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ISBN0-585-26579-8.