Basic Trope: Magically taking someone's name away from them.
- Straight: The witch Alice takes away Bob's name.
- Exaggerated: The witch Alice takes away the name of Bob's city.
- Downplayed: The witch Alice takes away Bob's surname, but leaves him his first name.
- Justified: Names have power.
- Inverted: The witch Alice magically gives Bob another name in addition to the one he was born with.
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- Averted: No magic is done with/to anyone's name.
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- Defied: In the Land of Faerie, there are lots of dark witches, and taking someone's name away is a popular way of attacking them. To defend them from this, parents generally don't name their children in the first place.
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