Most stories are very specific that it must be the true name. I’m also thinking of old real world stories like Rumpelstilzchen - surely the being was somehow being referred to by humans, but you still had to know its true name to “win”.
Whatever they consider that to be, probably. There’s no way that the true name of a trans person would be their deadname, and what about women who take on the family name of their husband?
Most stories are very specific that it must be the true name. I’m also thinking of old real world stories like Rumpelstilzchen - surely the being was somehow being referred to by humans, but you still had to know its true name to “win”.
I take it by “true name”, that means their given name?
Whatever they consider that to be, probably. There’s no way that the true name of a trans person would be their deadname, and what about women who take on the family name of their husband?
It really depends on the story
In most stories, it’s the name their birth mother gave them, so no, not necessarily their given name.