Mormon (disambiguation)

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Mormons are people who are members of a religious group that is part of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.

Mormon may also refer to:

Religion

  • Mormon (word), a follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Mormonism, the religion practiced by Mormons
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as the “Mormon Church”, the largest and most prominent branch of the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Latter Day Saint movement, a group of faiths, under the theology of Mormonism, tracing their origin to Joseph Smith, Jr.
  • Mormon studies, the academic discipline involving scholarship about Mormons
  • Mormon fundamentalism, a branch of Mormonism that practices polygamy
  • Jack Mormon, slang for an unbaptized Mormon sympathizer or a Mormon member who is not fully devout

Literature

  • Book of Mormon, one of the sacred books within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and other "mormon-based" religious sects.
    • Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet and narrator figure within the Book of Mormon; the original meaning of the term “Mormon”
    • Waters of Mormon, fountain of "pure water" where Alma the Elder preaches and baptizes in secret
    • Book of Mormon (Mormon's record), one of several "books" within the Book of Mormon
    • Words of Mormon, another “book” within the Book of Mormon

Places

  • Mormon, California, an unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, US

Arts and entertainment

  • The Mormons (miniseries), a 2007 PBS documentary about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Butterflies

  • "Mormon" is part of the common name of several butterflies in the genus Papilio, in particular:
    • Andaman Mormon (Papilio mayo) found in the Adamans
    • Great Mormon (Papilio memnon), endemic to Indochina and Japan
    • Blue Mormon (Papilio polymnestor), endemic to parts of India
    • Common Mormon (Papilio polytes), endemic to India, the Himalayas, parts of China, and Indochina
    • Scarlet Mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), endemic to the Philippines and Celebes

Other uses

  • Anabrus simplex, the Mormon cricket
  • Sphenophorus mormon, a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae
  • Mopsus mormon is an Australian spider species of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders)
  • inflected form of Mormo (Greek: Μορμώ, Μορμών, Mormō), a female spirit in Greek folklore

See also


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