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They Used Mulberry Tree, James Treat

Westview

the arrow they used for small game

Agni Purāṇa Dhanurveda And Śārṅgadharapaddhati Dhanurveda: Differences, Roles, And Functions(ธนุรเวทฉบับอัคนิปุราณะและฉบับศารงคธรปัทธติ: ความต่างสะท้อนสถานภาพ), Jiaranai Vithidkul, Chanwit Tudkeao

Journal of Letters

This research compares the archery training sections of Agni Purāṇa Dhanurvedaand Śārṅgadharapaddhati Dhanurveda, the two versions of ancient Indian military literatures. The goal is to clarify the similaritiesand differencesbetweenthese Dhanurvedas and to discover the roles and functions of the literatures. Upon examining the texts, it becomes clear that Agni Purāṇa Dhanurvedais uncategorizedand unordered. Some verses reveal the absence of existing then-contemporary knowledge and otherslead to skepticism on practicality. Thus, this Dhanurvedais likely to be a collection of archery science compiled together without editing, mainly to preserve the wisdom rather than to expressit. On the contrary, Śārṅgadharapaddhati Dhanurvedais much more organized. …

Structure As Interpretation In The Homeric Odyssey, Erwin F. Cook

Classical Studies Faculty Research

The Odyssey is structured through a series of ring-compositions. Although scholars have ubiquitously identified ring-compositions in Homer, the technique has not been adequately theorized. This paper argues that the ring structures contribute to a thematic development that assimilates Odysseus’ return into natural cycles, and implicitly promise prosperity to those who properly receive the narrative and even immortality to those who imitate its heroes. The poem even enacts the theme of Return by bringing the past vividly into the present. This use of a conventional pattern to direct audience reception distinguishes Greek epic from the oral epic traditions worldwide that it …

Compression, Bethany Anne Mitchell

All ETDs from UAB

Compression , a nonfiction novel-in-progress, examines the author's twisting relationship with her father in the context of her exploration into the traditional archery world. A proud new owner of a 72-inch English longbow, the author's dependence on archery increases as her father's sudden onset of paranoid schizophrenia pushes the two of them widely off target. This novel-in-progress incorporates humor into the real story of a teen coming of age just as her father begins to drift away, a period of years swirling with doubt, confusion, anger, and loss as the author attempts to find a new normal and establish her …

This Sporting Life: Sports And Body Culture In Modern Japan, William W. Kelly, Atsuo Sugimoto

CEAS Occasional Publication Series

Yale CEAS Occasional Publication Series - Volume 1

Sports in Japan have long been embedded in community life, the educational system, the mass media, the corporate structures, and the nationalist sentiments of modern Japan. For over a century, they have been a crucial intersection of school pedagogy, corporate aims, media constructions, gender relations, and patriotic feelings. The chapters in this book highlight a wide range of sports, and together, they offer a significant window on to the ways that the sporting life animates the institutions of modern Japan.