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  2. Doppelgänger - Wikipedia

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    Dante Gabriel Rossetti, How They Met Themselves, watercolour, 1864. A doppelgänger [a] (/ ˈ d ɒ p əl ɡ ɛ ŋ ər,-ɡ æ ŋ-/ DOP-əl-gheng-ər, -⁠gang-), sometimes spelled doppelgaenger or doppelganger, is a ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its own fleshly counterpart.

  3. Look-alike - Wikipedia

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    A look-alike, or double, is a person who bears a strong physical ... tribute act called "Littler ... Prime Minister Winston Churchill from an English village he ...

  4. Syndrome of subjective doubles - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The syndrome is also called the syndrome of doubles of the self, [3] delusion of subjective doubles, [1] or simply subjective doubles. [4] Sometimes, the patient is under the impression that there is more than one double. [1] A double may be projected onto any person, from a stranger to a family member. [4]

  5. Doppelganger (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Doppelganger: Literature's Philosophy, 2010 book by Dimitris Vardoulakis; Doppelganger, a 2008 novel by Pete Hautman; Doppelganger, a 2010 novel by Jenny Valentine; The Doppelganger, a 1936 novel by Hammond Innes; Doppelganger, a 2023 non-fiction book by Naomi Klein; Doppelganger (comics), a character appearing in Marvel Comics

  6. Millie Bobby Brown is the doppelganger of this famous actress

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    Millie Bobby Brown is renowned for her work on the hit show Stranger Things... and if we're talking strange things, we can't ignore the uncanny resemblance she bears to a younger Natalie Portman. ...

  7. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Doppelgänger – Look-alike or double of a living person. Drak – (German) elf partly shapeshifted into a lizard. Likely represents the Hazel Worm as the protective spirit motif in German culture. A French version called a Drac is said to be a type of Lutin or French elf. Draugar –(Norse) Undead creatures that guard their burial mounds.

  8. Fetch (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of fetch is obscure and the origin of the term is unknown. It may derive from the verb "fetch"; [1] the compound "fetch-life", evidently referring to a psychopomp who "fetches" the souls of the dying, is attested in Richard Stanyhurst's 1583 translation of the Aeneid and the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary suggested this usage may indicate the origin of the term fetch.

  9. Gothic double - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic double is a literary motif which refers to the divided personality of a character. Closely linked to the Doppelgänger, which first appeared in the 1796 novel Siebenkäs by Johann Paul Richter, the double figure emerged in Gothic literature in the late 18th century due to a resurgence of interest in mythology and folklore which explored notions of duality, such as the fetch in Irish ...