Re: The whole 'don't say his name!' business
- From: Petrea Mitchell <pravn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:28:41 -0000
At Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:22:14 GMT,
Loompanicked <none@xxxxxxxx> strode forth and proclaimed:
> I'm wondering, where exactly does this come from?
"Speak of the devil and he appears." There are long-standing superstitions
in all cultures about the power of names.
> In my own readings, I've only encountered mention of this in one other
> novel -- Vernor Vinge's SF/fantasy tale "True Names" -- where the author
> talks about how knowledge of any wizard's real name automatically gives
> one power over him.
If you'd like to see some more examples in sf, check out _Dream Park_ or
the Earthsea series.
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