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@Elve: Because even Madara didn't awaken his Rinnegan until later in life (even after combining Hashirama's DNA [Asura's chakra] with his own) and neither Kakashi nor Naruto have a Sharingan to evolve into one. Its kinda required to evolve back into the Rinnegan, ya know? And yes, before you argue, it is only the Sharingan that can become a Rinnegan because Hagoromo only left his warning about the Rinnegan to Indra's descendants. His words, not mine. He was afraid they would recreate the Rinnegan. So yes, all of those bullets are correct. Every last one of them. They've all be used in that context too so either you're being purposely stupid or context is lost to you entirely. Go back and read those chapters where the terms are used. Hashirama, for example, mentions that Gedo Rinne Tensei is the "Six Paths' (note the possessive term) kinjutsu". Which makes sense because Hagoromo is the originator of the Six Paths Technique from which it is derived. Six Paths Chibaku Tensei comes from the Six Paths Yin and Yang power and, remember, originally, beings like Nagato and Obito attributed it only to Hagoromo. History forgot about Hamura, so its only natural its named after Hagoromo himself: the Sage of the Six Paths.

Secondly, @Tau, again, because its a moniker and its because that is how the ninja world at large refers to Hagoromo. As the "Six Paths [Sage, geezer (in Naruto's words), etc)". He became strongly associated with his abilities and all of them are referred to either as the "Six Paths' X" or the "Y of the Six Paths". The simple fact of the matter is that everything named "Six Paths" is always in the context of having been an ability/weapon/skill originally used by Hagoromo. It has never been implied to be anything else. Ever. In reference to Naruto, he got those abilities from the "Six Paths Chakra/Power", which he received from who? Hagoromo. Sasuke said it himself. Hell, Naruto calls Hagoromo the "Six Paths super gramps". So naturally his abilities would be attributed to the "Six Paths". It came from Hagoromo.