Episode 22: Satan on the Water

Angels and Seerstones: A Latter Day Saint Folklore Podcast - A podcast by Christopher James Blythe and Christine Elyse Blythe

Send us a textThis episode discusses the folklore that people often discussing when trying to explain why missionaries are forbidden to swim: the apparition of the destroyer on the Missouri River in 1834. This experience led to a prominent belief among Latter-day Saints that Satan had dominion over the water in the last days.

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