[bombcar]

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]

> 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]

Fair enough, the societies and cultures that had one true real name were very adamant about letting no one know it, ever