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It’s also something uniquely modern that we consider a person to have “one true and real name” - something completely unheard of until quite recently.
by bombcar 1y ago
It’s also something uniquely modern that we consider a person to have “one true and real name” - something completely unheard of until quite recently.
- tliltocatl 1y ago> one true and real name Egyptian mythology would like a word with you. Specially the part where Isis created a snake to bite Ra so that she could learn his true name. But yea, adapting names to foreign languages was a normal thing until recently.
- bombcar 1y agoFair enough, the societies and cultures that had one true real name were very adamant about letting no one know it, ever