Three Nephites Stories – Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend Swallow Blythe

The Three NephitesSaints, Service, and Supernatural Legend\nAuthor(s): Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, Jill Terry Rudy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252046834, 978-0252046834\nSynopsis\nHundreds of Nephite stories with essays on the genres place in the lives of Latter-day Saints\n\n Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The authors of this volume use hundreds of legends collected by the renowned folklorist William A. Wilson from across a lifetime of research, study, and interviews to focus on the different themes exhibited by the Three Nephites and show that LDS culture, beliefs, and values are embodied by and through the Three Nephites.