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do you mean "yaweh" ??

all this reminds me of the way they treat the evil wizard's name "voldemort" in harry potter

yeah but I think in the books he has a spell that allows him to see into your mind or something if you say his name so that would make sense.

Except that was never true and it was all superstitious bullshit inside the Wizarding World. Dumbledore only refrained from saying Tom Riddle’s emo name because of social pressure — if there was any chance of remote legilimency he’d have never said “Voldemort” because he was fighting a damned war against him. So no, it’s just a normal taboo, probably initiated by Voldy himself to spread fear.

Spoiler alert:

In one of the last books, the 3 main characters teleport to a London pub or something, and then the Deatheaters attack them. And I’m pretty sure the book says they were found because one of them said Voldemort’s name.

Edit:

It was in Deathly Hallows book. https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-voldemort-name-not-spoke...

Yes, and it’s the reason they were found later as well. Since the only people who would say the name were people who opposed him, it was an efficient way for him to locate these people.

In the last book, the name was Taboo-ed, so that the Death Eaters could find whoever said it. Not mind-reading

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