A Wizard of Earthsea

Gont lies in the North Reach of Archipelago. Ged lives on Gont; he became a famous man, but this tale is about the days before the songs about him were made. He was born as Duny in a small village and he was raised by his aunt who was a witch. She taught him the first lessons in magic. The boy learnt to listen to birds etc. This is the time when he gets his …

…Ged. They go so far east, that they are doubting whether there will be land there or whether they will come to the end of the world. But they do reach a land. The shadow is there and Ged says its name: Ged is now healed. Ged said his own name, and a man naming his death with his own name, knows his whole true self and cannot be possessed by any power than himself.