Abstract
The paper discusses the causal theory of names and its impact on the theory of fiction. It is claimed that the causal theory of names has a structural and a historical component. Names of fictional beings are structurally alike to usual proper names. As for the historical aspect, it is claimed that the historical or causal chain condition for name adequacy is too strong when mythodology and fiction are taken into consideration. A flexible ontology including various kinds of beings is necessary to adequately account for mythological and fictional beings.
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