Reuse of Jaredite Names Among the Mulekites, Lamanites and Nephites
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By Robert F. Smith
John L. Sorenson once asked:
- One wonders what considerations led Alma the younger to give two, ... of his sons Jaredite names: Shiblon and Corianton... Perhaps they had been born and received their names during Alma's “idolatrous” phase (see Mosiah 27:8). I suppose that the idolatrous cult in which he was involved was old, ultimately Jaredite-derived, and common in Nephite society, in the broad sense, thanks to transmission through elements among the people of Zarahemla.[1]
Nine of the strongest indications of this pattern are listed in the following table:
| Jaredite | Mulekite-Nephite-Lamanite |
| AHAH (Ether 1:9, 11:10) | AHA (Alma 16:5-6) |
| CORIANTOR (Ether 1:6, 11:18-23), CORIANTUM (Ether 1:13,27, 9:21, 10:31) | CORIANTON (Alma 31:7 – 63:10) |
| CORIANTUMR (Ether 8:4-6, 12:1 - 15:32, Omni 21) | CORIANTUMR (Helaman 1:15-30) |
| CORIHOR (Ether 7:3-15, 13:17,14:27-28) | KORIHOR (Alma 30:6-59) |
| MORIANTON (Ether 1:22-23, 10:9-13) | MORIONTON (Alma 50:25-36, 51:1,26,55:33, 59:5), MORIANTUM[2] (Moroni 9:9-15) |
| MORON (Ether 1:7-8, 7:5-6,17, 11:14-18,14:6,11) | MORONI (Alma 43 – 63), MORONIHAH (Alma 62:43 – Helaman 4:20; 3 Nephi 8:10,25, 9:5, Mormon 6:14) |
| NEHOR (Ether 7:4,9) | NEHOR (Alma 1:15, 2:1, 14:16,18, 16:11,21:4,24:28-29) |
| SHIBLOM / SHIBLON (Ether 1:11-12, 11:4-9) | SHIBLON[3](Alma 11:15,19, 31:7 - 63:17),SHIBLOM (Mormon 6:14) |
| SHIM (Ether 9:1) | SHIM (Mormon 1:3) |
