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English
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Introduction : The Three Nephites and the History of Mormon Folklore Studies
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Latter-day Lore : Mormon Folklore Studies
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press
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1-24
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Every culture has an origin myth. Most have multiple origin myths - some that tumble over each other in similarity, some that sidle alongside each other only to diverge in dramatic ways... Academic disciplines, even subfields of those disciplines, have their origin myths, too, and the study of Mormon folklore is no different.
One origin story of Mormon folklore studies can be told through the study of the Three Nephites. [From the text]