An edition of Audun and the polar bear
(2008)
Audun and the polar bear
luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business
by William Ian Miller
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Audun and the polar bear: luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business
2008, Brill
in English
9004168117 9789004168114
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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