祈祷和诅咒都离不开名字。让·皮亚杰曾说过:“原始思想有一种广泛的倾向,认为人物的名字或事物的名称就孕育着这种对象或事物的性质。所以人们相信,只要唤起人或事物的名字,就可以对这个人或事物发生作用。”讳名的习俗由此而产生。它在原始宗教的各种形式中普遍存在。图腾崇拜是人类最古老的原始宗教形式之一。图腾崇拜者往往对图腾动物忌讳直称。摩尔根在《古代社会》中说:北美洲的印第安人有许多氏族,不叫它的本名,而用别的名称或称呼,如北美洲大西洋沿岸德拉瓦部落印第安人有三个氏族,即狼氏族,龟氏族、吐绶鸡氏族,但狼氏族不自称为“狼”,而曰“圆脚”;龟氏族 Prayers and curses are inseparable from the name. Jean Piaget once said, “There is a widespread tendency in the primitive thought that the name of a person or the name of a thing conceives the nature of the object or thing, so one believes that by arousing the name of a person or thing It can have a role in this person or thing. ”The convention of taboo names arises. It is prevalent in all forms of primitive religion. Totem worship is one of the oldest forms of primitive religion in mankind. Totem worshipers often totem animal taboo straight. In Ancient Society, Morgan said: “Indians in North America have many clans and do not call it their real name, but by other names or names, such as the Tribal Indian tribe in the North Atlantic coast of Delaware, there are three clans, the wolves Clan, turtle claw, vomit ribbon chicken clan, but the wolf clan does not claim to be ”wolf“, but said ”round foot"; turtle clan