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True Names

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

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The Power of the Christian God

Knowing one of these helpers' true names allows control over them. So this gives more power to mortals who can have dominion over something supernatural rather than it being kind of the other way around. In Lord of the Rings, the dwarves in particular keep a secret name that is the private possession of an individual dwarf and known only to them. There are also several instances in the books in which characters are warned about revealing their true names.

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