Husband and wife each receive money (from different persons) to bury the other, who is supposed to be dead

Motif

Husband and wife each receive money (from different persons) to bury the other, who is supposed to be dead.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Other cheats. · Other cheats. · view the constellation · filed as K482.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 154.

Within the index

Filed under Money received to bury sham-dead person.

Filed beside it

Trickster reports treasure's owner dead: receives it from children

Carried in tale types

The Double Pension (Burial Money) · ATU 15561 recorded variant

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