 The gods were believed to have many names . Among them were secret names that conveyed their true natures more profoundly than others . To know the true name of a deity was to have power over it . The importance of names is demonstrated by a myth in which Isis poisons the superior god Ra and refuses to cure him unless he reveals his secret name to her . Upon learning the name , she tells it to her son , Horus , and by learning it they gain greater knowledge and power . 
 The gods <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> believed to have many names . Among them <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> secret names <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>conveyed their true natures more profoundly than others . To know the true name of a deity was to have power over it . The importance of names is demonstrated by a myth in which Isis <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>poisons</mark></a> the superior god Ra and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>refuses</mark></a> to cure him unless he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>reveals</mark></a> his secret name to her . Upon learning the name , she <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>tells</mark></a> it to her son , Horus , and by learning it they gain greater knowledge and power . 
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