Jaredites

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The Jaredites are an ancient civilization described in the Book of Mormon as migrating to and inhabiting the Americas long before the Nephites and Lamanites, ultimately destroying themselves through internal conflict.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilization ⓘ
people in the Book of Mormon ⓘ
associatedDoctrine God’s guidance in migration to a promised land ⓘ
associatedEvent Tower of Babel ⓘ
linked to: The Tower of Babel
associatedWith LDS scripture ⓘ
conflictWith secret combinations (as described in Book of Mormon) ⓘ
covenantTheme blessings in the promised land conditioned on righteousness ⓘ
culturalMemory known to Nephites through the 24 plates ⓘ
culturalRole example of a fallen nation in Latter-day Saint teachings ⓘ
describedIn Book of Mormon ⓘ
destroyedBy civil war ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ
finalBattleLocationTradition hill Ramah (identified with Cumorah in some Latter-day Saint traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Hill Cumorah
finalSurvivorTradition Coriantumr ⓘ
geographicStatus location in the Americas not specified in the text ⓘ
governedBy kings ⓘ
keyFigure Coriantumr ⓘ
Ether ⓘ
Jared ⓘ
the brother of Jared ⓘ
language language not confounded at the Tower of Babel (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ
ledBy Jared ⓘ
the brother of Jared ⓘ
mainSource Book of Ether ⓘ
mentionedBy Moroni (Book of Mormon editor) ⓘ
linked to: Moroni
migratedTo Americas ⓘ
migrationMode barges across the ocean (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ
moralTheme warning against pride and wickedness ⓘ
warning against secret combinations ⓘ
namedAfter Jared (Book of Mormon figure) ⓘ
originatedFrom Old World ⓘ
populationTrajectory grew to a large nation then declined ⓘ
preceded Lamanites ⓘ
Nephites ⓘ
prophetAmong Ether ⓘ
the brother of Jared ⓘ
recordKeptOn 24 gold plates ⓘ
recordTranslatedBy Mosiah II (according to Book of Mormon) ⓘ
linked to: Mosiah
religiousStatus considered historical by many Latter-day Saints ⓘ
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ
roleInNarrative provide a prior-cycle example before Nephite history ⓘ
scholarlyConsensus not accepted as historical by mainstream secular scholarship ⓘ
scripturalBook Book of Ether ⓘ
scripturalGenre narrative history (religious text) ⓘ
scripturalLanguage translated into English by Joseph Smith (according to Latter-day Saint belief) ⓘ
timeframeAccordingToBelievers ancient pre-Nephite era in the Americas ⓘ
ultimateFate complete destruction as a nation ⓘ
viewWithinLDSApologetics sometimes linked to ancient American civilizations ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Plates of Ether → peopleDescribed → Jaredites ⓘ
Lamanites → relatedGroup → Jaredites (indirectly, via narrative connections) ⓘ
linked to: Jaredites
Reformed Egyptian (Book of Mormon) → claimedUsers → Jaredites (according to some Latter-day Saint interpretations) ⓘ
linked to: Jaredites
Ether → preachedTo → Jaredite people ⓘ
subject linked to: prophet Ether
linked to: Jaredites
Book of Ether → recordsCivilization → Jaredites ⓘ
Coriantumr → countryOfCitizenship → Jaredite civilization ⓘ
subject linked to: Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
linked to: Jaredites
Coriantumr → ethnicGroup → Jaredites ⓘ
subject linked to: Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
Coriantumr → timePeriod → Jaredite era ⓘ
subject linked to: Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
linked to: Jaredites
Ether → associatedWithPeople → Jaredites ⓘ
subject linked to: Ether (in prophecies)
Ether → timePeriodContext → Jaredite era ⓘ
subject linked to: Ether (in prophecies)
linked to: Jaredites
Coriantumr → civilization → Jaredites ⓘ
Coriantumr → peopleDestroyed → Jaredites ⓘ
Coriantumr → lastManStanding → Jaredite nation ⓘ
linked to: Jaredites
Ether → ethnicity → Jaredite ⓘ
linked to: Jaredites
the brother of Jared → ledGroup → Jaredites ⓘ