Why are some of the demons and ghosts in the story afraid to reveal their names?

To put it simply, this is because in the ancient people's concept, a name is actually an extension of a person's body. In mimicry sorcery, as long as a part of a person's body is obtained (anything insignificant, such as fingernails, hair, worn clothes, or even footprints left by someone), a spell can be cast to affect the person, and the person can be controlled, changed, sickened, or even killed. At this point, a person's name is no different from his hair and nails.

For example, in the "Twelfth Funeral Rite of the Rite of Ceremony", it is recorded: "Ascending from the former Dongrong, the middle house, the north side of the clothes beckoned, saying: "Gao Moufu!"

Three. That is, from the eaves of the main landlord's porch to the ridge of the roof, and then facing north, he summons spirits with the clothes of the deceased, and shouts, "Oh——!

So-and-so, come back! Here, the clothes of the deceased and his name serve the same purpose, both as a proof of the deceased himself, a tool to call the return of the deceased.

However, because people's names are so easy to get, fingernails, hair, and clothes can only be obtained by people close to them, but the names are different, anyone can say them, and anyone can hear them, which is a much greater potential threat to the ancients, so as a precaution, the taboo about names from ancient times to the present is especially important.

This is called a real name, and it is a mystical culture that is common in Europe, ancient Egypt, Japan, China, and even North American Indians and Australian natives. Similar to declaring variables when programming, early people saw naming as very important. In Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East, it was believed that people, gods, and demons could use witchcraft or spells to control or curse each other if they knew their real names.

Jehovah's true name is unknown, and Allah has 99 names to conceal his true name. In Japan, the real name, also called the spirit of speech, people believe that the real name is the key to a thing, storing the true power of the thing, and mastering the real name can grasp the thing itself, many people should be impressed by this statement in the "Onmyoji": The shortest mantra in the world is the name....The so-called mantra, in short, is bondage....A name is something that binds the fundamental shape of things.

In China, this tradition also has a long history, and "Bai Zetu" hopes to prevent people from harming them by recording the real names of countless ghosts in the mountains and rivers. ”；The hundred-year-old wolf turned into a woman, and her name was Zhinu....and by his name, and flee.

Therefore, the water stone is famous and jealous....Calling it by its name, it can be used to enter the water to get fish. "Wait.