title: Mormon (disambiguation)
text: # Mormon (disambiguation)
  
  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
  