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People take great pride in their names in Prydain. Gwydion is able to defeat the Horned King with knowledge of his true name. Achren is a threat to Arawn because she knows his. The fact that Taran does not have a name, that he is an unknown foundling of unknown parentage, is extremely troubling to him and he spends an entire book searching for answers. In the cosmology of the Prydian universe, a person's name is an extremely powerful and important thing.

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  • People take great pride in their names in Prydain. Gwydion is able to defeat the Horned King with knowledge of his true name. Achren is a threat to Arawn because she knows his. The fact that Taran does not have a name, that he is an unknown foundling of unknown parentage, is extremely troubling to him and he spends an entire book searching for answers. In the cosmology of the Prydian universe, a person's name is an extremely powerful and important thing.
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  • People take great pride in their names in Prydain. Gwydion is able to defeat the Horned King with knowledge of his true name. Achren is a threat to Arawn because she knows his. The fact that Taran does not have a name, that he is an unknown foundling of unknown parentage, is extremely troubling to him and he spends an entire book searching for answers. In the cosmology of the Prydian universe, a person's name is an extremely powerful and important thing. Gwydion claims that to name something is to have power over it. Yet, Taran's true name is unknown to anyone. This is what allowed him to become what he did. He was not beholden to family or rank or station. All the other characters find themselves bound to their roles. Fflewddur chafes at his role as king and longs for the freedom to be a bard. Eilonwy resents being sent to the Isle of Mona to live up to her role. The people of the Free Commots all know their place in life and do not seek anything more. Taran was not bound by any of this. His lack of a name gave him freedom. He considered not having a name to be a source of great sorrow and frustration, when in fact it made him freer than any man in Prydain.
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