The doubly-feed lawyer. A lawyer takes a car as fee from a widow and an ox from her adversary. He pleads for the latter saying that the ox draws the car

Motif

The doubly-feed lawyer. A lawyer takes a car as fee from a widow and an ox from her adversary. He pleads for the latter saying that the ox draws the car.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Other cheats. · Other cheats. · view the constellation · filed as K441.2

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Spanish ExemplaKeller.
general *Herbert III 375 No. 23
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 125
general Scala Celi 20a No. 122

Within the index

Filed under Double reward successfully claimed.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dishonest notary invents debt and collects from both parties

Filed beside it

The double pension. A husband and wife are jointly under a pension from the king. She reports her husband dead and gets the whole pension. He likewise reports her dead and gets the whole money Fee from two persons for the same monopoly. Man to furnish goods exclusively to animal. Bargains at same time with another to do the same thing Trickster collects from both husband and wife. Estranged couple both pay him to effect reconciliation

Carried in tale types

The Greater Bribe · ATU 1861A1 recorded variant

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