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  8. Eliason, Eric A. “Seer Stones, Salamanders, and Early Mormon ‘Folk Magic’ in the Light of Folklore Studies and Bible Scholarship.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, n. 1 (2016), pp. 73-93.

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