Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions
The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story)
The commitment to plausibility
Helping Thorir and buying the bear
Dealing with King Harald
Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear
Saying no to kings
Eggs in one basket and market value
Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence
Repaying the bear
Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts
Audun's luck
Richness and risk

Motives
Gaming the system : gift-ref
Regiving and reclaiming gifts
Relevant law
Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother
In the gift vs. in on the gift
Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money
The obligation to accept
Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals
Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings
Funny money that is not so funny
Of free and closing gifts
Coda : the whiteness of the bear.