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By: Some Links I’ve Liked Lately « Seeking for Righteousness

Some Links I’ve Liked Lately « Seeking for Righteousness — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:46:09 +0000

[...] Some Links I’ve Liked Lately Matt at JI discussing what conversion means, in both LDS and Protestant theology. Sheryl at Segullah on wanting to be married. Edje at JI on creatures named after Mormons. [...]

By: Juvenile Instructor » Blue-bearded Mormons

Juvenile Instructor » Blue-bearded Mormons — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:06:35 +0000

[...] [17] RB Neal, “Anti-Mormon Tracts, — No. 5. The Stick of Ephraim vs. The Bible of the Western Continent; or The Manuscript Found, vs The Book of Mormon. Part II” (pamphlet; Grayson, KY, 1899), 4. The specific demon Mormo and the generic demons called mormos were explicitly female and attacked children. The specific demon, Mormo, started out human but killed and ate her own children. There is, thus, a degree of analogy between Mormo and Bluebeard, but I think Neal overplays his etymology; see my earlier post on Mormo. [...]

By: Juvenile Instructor » Twin Barbarians 2: Mormon Lice

Juvenile Instructor » Twin Barbarians 2: Mormon Lice — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:44:08 +0000

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By: Edje Jeter

Edje Jeter — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:08:21 +0000

Stan,

That’d be great. I’m familiar with the MA stuff.

The Helen Hunt Jackson and that jackass Brigham Young stuff are new to me and I’d like a ref.

Thanks.

By: stan

stan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:01:10 +0000

Hey Edje,

I have a couple things that may be of interest to you:

I have somewhere in my files an advertisement from early 1900s for a jackass stud named Brigham Young. And on that note, there is a reference in Willa Cather’s My Antonia to a Bull named BY.

Speaking of Cather, she also makes reference, in MA, to sunflowers as Mormon flowers, along with some legend about Mormons planting them during the exodus, thus representing the way to freedom. I also found a reference to yellow Mormon flowers in the writings of Helen Hunt Jackson.

I can see if I can dredge the stuff up if it would be of interest to you.

By: Juvenile Instructor » What Put the “Mormon” in “Mormon Fly” Might Not Go Well with Breakfast

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:09:13 +0000

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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:36:09 +0000

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By: MoSop

MoSop — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:58:12 +0000

Wow – Now this is a truly classic post for the “Mormonacle”. Kudos on the research, photos and humor. Footnote #1 = belly-laugh!

PS Congrats on being featured in today’s Mormon Times BackBench

By: Edje Jeter

Edje Jeter — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:46:28 +0000

The Hinds article is available for free download here. (books.google cuts out some pages).

By: Edje Jeter

Edje Jeter — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:14:28 +0000

Wilfried: Thanks. And thanks for the ref. I’m interested to see what Hinds has to say.

Misty: Thanks. I love it when a plan comes together.

David: Thanks; and, actually, the logic behind the tourism connection is similar to one of the early explanations—it’s not the individual pest but the large number all in one place.