The (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, privately taught and practiced polygamy.

Polygamy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or plural marriage, is generally believed to have originated with the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith.

Cunning folk traditions, sometimes referred to as folk magic, were intertwined with the early culture and practice of the Latter Day Saint movement.