Name of a thing or being that expresses its true nature
For the novel, see True Names. For legal concept, see Legal name. For the philosophical concept, see Proper name (philosophy). For The MS-DOS computer command, see List of DOS commands § TRUENAME.
A true name is a name of a thing or being that expresses, or is somehow identical to, its true nature. The notion that language, or some specific sacred language, refers to things by their true names has been central to philosophical study as well as various traditions of magic, religious invocation and mysticism (mantras) since antiquity.[1][2]
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A truename is a name of a thing or being that expresses, or is somehow identical to, its true nature. The notion that language, or some specific sacred...
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Tyrone, Northern Ireland True (singer) (stylized as TRUE), the stage name of Japanese singer Miho Karasawa True (surname) True O'Brien (born 1994), an...
falsely named') or alias (/ˈeɪli.əs/) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or truename (orthonym)...
that a legally assumed name (i.e., for a non-fraudulent purpose) is a legal name and usable as their truename, though assumed names are often not considered...
powerful mage Ogion takes him as an apprentice, and later gives him his "truename"—Ged. Ogion tries to teach Ged about the "equilibrium", the concept that...
summoning of these beings and were the pictorial equivalent to their truename. List of demons in the Ars Goetia List of occult symbols List of theological...
inaccurate. The canonical (true) name of "bar.example.com." is "foo.example.com." Because CNAME stands for Canonical Name, the right-hand side is the...
its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's truename and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of...
procedures, a few remain complicated. A pseudonym is a name used in addition to the original or truename. This does not require legal sanction. Pseudonyms...
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etymology, history, and use of proper names. An alethonym ('truename') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object...
Satnam (Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ, lit. 'truename', pronunciation: [sæt̪ näːmɔ]) is the main word that appears in the Sikh sacred scripture called the Guru Granth...
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of her truename, should be enabled to do her some hurt." According to anthropologist Helen C. Rountree, Pocahontas revealed her secret name to the colonists...
the company of Elrond's sons, Elrond told him of his ancestry and his truename, and gave him the shards of Elendil's sword, Narsil, and another ancient...
concept of naming to her schoolchildren: each citizen of Earthsea has one name as a child, which they abandon at puberty in favor of their "truename", but...
(female) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the United States and the United Kingdom when the truename of a person is unknown or is being...
in the power of truenames, this often descends from the magical belief that knowing a being's truename grants power over it. If names have power, then...
been lost. Later commentaries additionally suggested that the true pronunciation of this name is composed entirely of vowels, such as the Greek Ιαουε. However...
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