The story is told by Monk Lewis, 301-307. See also numbers 101, 111, 112, 113, 119.
Compare Ferrand, Madagascar, 102-113; Parsons, Andros Island, 54-60 and note for references. See Boas, JAFL 25:256, for the relation of the story to "John the Bear."
See Grimm 113, The King's Children, Bolte u. Polívka, 2:516-527.