Lamanites

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The Lamanites are a people described in the Book of Mormon as descendants of Laman who frequently oppose the Nephites and play a central role in the narrative’s religious and cultural conflicts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lamanites canonical 17
Lamanite 1
Lamanites (according to Book of Mormon) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Mormon people ⓘ
people in scripture ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
ancestor Laman ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Alma the Younger (missionary among them) ⓘ
Ammon (missionary to Lamanites) ⓘ
Anti-Nephi-Lehies ⓘ
King Lamoni ⓘ
Laman ⓘ
Nephi (as rival lineage) ⓘ
linked to: Lehi

Samuel the Lamanite ⓘ
conflictType political domination of Nephites at times ⓘ
wars with Nephites ⓘ
conversionNarratives large-scale conversions described in Alma ⓘ
describedAs descendants of Laman ⓘ
describedIn Book of Mormon ⓘ
geographicAssociation lands south of Nephite territories (various Book of Mormon settings) ⓘ
keyTheme covenant promises ⓘ
missionary work among them ⓘ
prophecies about their future ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
languageSharedWith Nephites (at various times) ⓘ
mentionedInBook 1 Nephi ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon

2 Nephi ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon

3 Nephi ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon

4 Nephi ⓘ
Alma ⓘ
Enos ⓘ
Ether (in prophecies) ⓘ
Helaman ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Jarom ⓘ
Mormon ⓘ
Moroni (in prophecies and addresses) ⓘ
Mosiah ⓘ
Omni ⓘ
Words of Mormon ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon
opposedGroup Nephites ⓘ
playsRoleIn cultural conflicts in the Book of Mormon ⓘ
religious conflicts in the Book of Mormon ⓘ
propheticPromise future blessings upon their descendants if they keep commandments ⓘ
relatedGroup Jaredites (indirectly, via narrative connections) ⓘ
linked to: Jaredites

Mulekites ⓘ
Nephites ⓘ
religiousStatusInText often portrayed as unbelieving ⓘ
sometimes portrayed as more righteous than Nephites ⓘ
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ
textualStatus existence presented as historical within the Book of Mormon narrative ⓘ
usedAsSymbolOf spiritual degeneration and later redemption ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nephites → interactedWith → Lamanites ⓘ
Nephites → conflictWith → Lamanites ⓘ
Nephites → eventuallyDestroyedBy → Lamanites (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ
linked to: Lamanites
Jaredites → preceded → Lamanites ⓘ
Lehi → forefatherOf → Lamanites ⓘ
Mormon → opposedPeople → Lamanites ⓘ
Laman → ethnicProgenitorOf → Lamanites ⓘ
Enos → mentions → Lamanites ⓘ
Jarom → alsoMentions → Lamanites ⓘ
Ether → associatedWithPeople → Lamanites ⓘ
subject linked to: Ether (in prophecies)
Samuel the Lamanite → ethnicity → Lamanite ⓘ
linked to: Lamanites
Alma the Younger → associatedWith → Lamanites ⓘ
King Lamoni → ethnicGroup → Lamanites ⓘ
Anti-Nephi-Lehies → origin → Lamanites ⓘ
4 Nephi → associatedWith → Lamanites ⓘ