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Show ( 1tiea that t ere a.re probab l f have not hea v · 1o1l8 acco-unts o'f v1a1tat.ions from one ot these cha.ract en. F.lfe notes t hat t he n er ot accounts t eems to have been decreasing during t he pa.st t cr t hirty year•~ wbich is quite true;. yet t h.e Chwch at ill g1 ves off1cia.l rec·ogntt 101'1 to such man1fe ta.t 1ona._ 12 and tbere are-a till hundred.• or versions 1n current c.trculat1on. The t a.<i that ftte coll•oted fort,-three ora.l vers1ona in but a few Utah comrri:init ies in. little more than one aurrner shov s I)"" ' . thclt the esti~~te 1~ not exaggerated . · he & tales ap~e~ring in A_ pend.ix II of t his p p9r suggest the pr ev3.1ence of the story ir: Tt 1 . 1 o claim is I'.t13.de for the completeness of t his collection , ho ever. It , ronld tai{e scores of co lleetors months to assemple wn.at rnis 1t be ~alle a co~plete ... o~1'3ct::o~ , ancl th~n new versions vvould. col#;a beg:ing for e~tei a mittance . is the fluid eternality of folklore . ~ Alt h.o·l gh these stories a.re fr: e-. usot ly to 1'"1 in meet in~s , they ~~ are even more coM'"'Only ~ -·-~ in srr.o.ll i'1tiraate ~r oops . The fc 11.cvving d.crn3s~is .... cene is typicr~l of t:-;.e itu::ttion ')le . .) ins an th~ m. if sta.tic-s oftle gosP~l . or t he offle!a.l att it e of t he Church, aee A-pend.1x l . o t 1a paper. 13 Vhrd !leach eTa ar mlnor a ffic:ta.l s of e o local Ch ch unit, o visit -famill each mont-h to teach the apel and rene fa.1t • 1nv atiga.t e t oral prob among the ints . |
