Reference in The Book of Mormon
The curelom and cumom are mentioned only once in the Book of Mormon. The reference occurs in the Book of Ether, which is ostensibly a history of a nation of early Americans called the Jaredites who left the Tower of Babel and traveled by barge to the Western Hemisphere. There, according to the book, they made use of a number of animals, though whether they brought them over on their barges is unclear. The narrative reads as follows:
- And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms. (Ether 9:19)
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