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Possession of a deliberately concealed personal name is total power over its bearer; extraction of the name transfers or annihilates that power on the spot.
Ra's true name is 'hidden in his body at his birth' precisely so no magician can master him; Isis engineers the serpent's poison so that the only cure is disclosure · 'Divine Father, tell me thy name, for he who uttereth his own name shall live' · and 'my name shall pass from my body into hers,' transferring his power to her.
set against Grimm, 'Rumpelstiltskin'
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