I have been thinking about the Aes Sedai First Oath on the oath road “Speak no word that is not true”…
How do they get around that oath when telling others a different name; Moraine=Mistress Alys?
Has anyone done a theory or a blog on the use of names and the oaths?
They say ‘you may call me Mistress Alys’. It’s not a lie unless she says ‘My name is…’ which she doesn’t.
I am trying to remember if they are all that way which is why I brought it up.
I don’t know. If you really name yourself that, then you might be able to say it. Depends on internal rationalization.
It’s easy to say “I’m called Alys” because she is. You can even say “My name is Alys” if you have named yourself that.
Otherwise, a Sister could never go by a nickname, a different name than she’d chosen for herself, etc.
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