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Filed under Other deceptions in the payment of debt.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Fifty ships promised. Forty-nine are moulded out of earthDrinking only after a bargain. A woman having thus sworn keeps buying and selling the same mule many times a dayTribute paid in enchanted snow. After payment, snow takes proper formLiteral fulfillment of marriage contract. Man to be released when earth is placed at his head (buried). Dies in grave
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Debtor refuses to pay his debtRefusal to return borrowed goodsTrickster escapes without payingTrickster summons all creditors at once, precipitates fight, and escapes paymentCreditor killed or driven awayTrickster disguises himself and escapes notice of creditorsDeceptive respite in payment obtainedRefusal to tell about the Rhine treasure, though condition demanded is fulfilled when the only one who knows where it is is killedThe castration bargain: wife sent. The trickster castrates the dupe and is to come the next day and be castrated himself. He sends his wife as substituteCreditor falsely reported insane when he demands moneyKing promises beggars new clothes: burns their old and gets much gold and silver. Keeps itDeath feigned to avoid paying debtsCustomer takes invitation to buy as invitation to receive the goods freePayment evaded by setting countertasksDeceptions in payment of debt – miscellaneous

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