27: Doppleganger - Dopfleganger

In this episode we delve into the dark world of Dopplegangers. MLT explores the mythic to the literary, as well as actual accounts from those who met themselves ...and then their doom! We review this global phenomenon by diving deep into the folklore and the relevant theories before attempting to unravel this ancient mystery.

 

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REFERENCES:

Jeremy’s Cheesecake:

New York woman who tried to kill doppelganger with poisoned cheesecake, sentenced to 21 years | Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-woman-tried-kill-doppelganger-poisoned-cheesecake-sentenced

The Double Definition:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/psychology/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/double

The Separable Soul:

A Psychoanalytic Study (trans. Harry Tucker, Jr. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1971); and Carl F. Keppler, The Literature of the Second Self (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1972).

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5236&context=masters_theses

The Nunnehi:

Cherokee tribe and the Nunnehi Beings – travelers from other worlds - Ancientichttps://ancientic.com/2021/01/nunnehi-travellers-from-other-worlds/

Concept of the Ka:

Ka | Egyptian religion | Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ka-Egyptian-religion

Vardoger:

Doppelgänger - Your Evil Twin | Mythology.net

https://mythology.net/others/concepts/doppelganger/

Doppelganger (mythologian.net)

The Waft:

A book of folk-lore by Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924)

https://archive.org/details/bookoffolklore0000bari

Ankou:

Ankou - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou

The Wraith as Double:

Cheung, T. (2007). The element encyclopedia of the psychic world. Barnes & Noble, Inc, p782

Strzyga

The Strzyga/Striga in Polish Mythology - Slavic Saturday - Brendan Noble (brendan-noble.com)

https://brendan-noble.com/the-strzyga-striga-in-polish-mythology/

Fylgja:

A book of folk-lore by Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924)

https://archive.org/details/bookoffolklore0000bari

Chapter Seven: Fetches

Astral Werewolf incident:

Wilson, C. (1971). The Occult. Random House, p454-55

Shamanic Vision Quest:

Deer, L. (1972). Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions. Simon & Schuster, NY, p136-137

https://archive.org/details/LameDeerLameDeerSeekerOfVisions

Double Headed Snake:

https://www.outofstress.com/shamanic-symbols/

The Semiotics of the Doppelgänger: the Double in Popular Culture |: Culture Decanted:

https://culturedecanted.com/2014/07/14/the-semiotics-of-the-doppelganger-the-double-in-popular-culture/

Transvariant Shaman:

Pratt, C. (2007). Encyclopedia of shamanism (Vol 1). Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., p26

Mitra-Varuna:

Shamanism & the Mystery Lines – Devereux

Devereux, P. (1993). Shamanism and the mystery lines. Llewellyn Publication, p108

Lox & Loki:

Leland, C.G. (1884). The Algonquin legends of New England: or, myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes. p27-28

Internet Archive version: https://archive.org/details/algonquinlegends00lela

Iroquoian Cosmology:

Mann, B.A. (2000). Iroquoian women: The Gantowisas. Peter Lang, NY, p306

Dürrenmatt's Der Doppelgänger:

Tucker, H. (1971). The double a psychoanalytic study by Otto Rank. The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, p xx (intro)

Animal-like Double:

Godfrey, L.S. (2016). Monsters among us. Tarcher Perigee, NY, p74

Jekyll & Hyde:

M.S., Whitney (2015). Wilson’s echoes: the doppelgänger theme in late Victorian horror fiction. Texas State University, p26

Jekyll & Hyde:

Sanford, J.A. (1981). Evil: The shadow side of reality. Crossroad Publishing Company, p86 & 98

William Wilson:

Poe, E.A. (Reprint-1966). Complete stories of Edgar Allen Poe. Doubleday & Co., p160

Dostoevsky’s The Double:

Cooper, M.E. (2021). Doppelgängers and Doubles in Literature: A Comparison of Fyodor Dost odor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Vladimir s Crime and Punishment and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. College of the Holy Cross, p20

Lincoln’s Doppleganger:

Wallenchinsky, D. & Wallace, I. (1975). The People’s Almanac. Doubleday & Co., NY

Historical Doppleganger Account 1:

Tracing the Development of the Doppelgänger - Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-doppelganger

Historical Doppleganger Account 2:

Lyman, R. (2014). Amazing indeed: strange events in the Black Forest (Vol.2), 1895-1972. New Saucerian Books, pg61

Cambions:

Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co, p219-220

The Qarin/Qarinah:

Guiley, R.E. (2013). The djinn connection. Visionary Living, Inc (p50-51 of the 2019 Internet Archive publication)

https://archive.org/details/thedjinnconnectionrosemaryellenguiley/page/n11/mode/2up

Fusion & Fission:

Picart, C.J.S & Browning, J.E. (2012). Speaking of monsters: a teratological anthology, Springer, p4

Bio-location:

Cheung, T. (2007). The element encyclopedia of the psychic world. Barnes & Noble, Inc, p163

Mediums:

Ribi, A. (1989). Demons of the inner world. Shambhala Publishing, Inc, P48

The Doppelgänger Bias | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201805/the-doppelg-nger-bias

Transcranial Stimulation:

Chopra, D. (2019). Metahuman: unleashing your infinite potential. Harmony Books, NY, p42

Guardian Angel:

Rank, O. (2012). Beyond Psychology. Courier Corporation, p 76

Freud on Rank:

Freud, S. (1957). The Uncanny. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, vol. 17, edited by James Strachey, p9

Animism:

Cairo, S.J. (1999). The Significance of shape-shifting and transformation in medieval Welsh and Icelandic literature: The ingenuity of medieval writers. Western Michigan U., p60

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5236&context=masters_theses

Projection:

Jung Collected Works 9.2, Paragraphs 17 -18

https://jungcurrents.com/jung-projection-shadow-face

Judas as Jesus’s Doppleganger:

Freke, T. & Gandy, P. (1999). The Jesus mysteries: was the “original Jesus” a pagan god. Three Rivers Press, NY, p117-118

Twins as Uniting Opposites:

Sanford, J.A. (1981). Evil: The shadow side of reality. Crossroad Publishing Co. New York, p136

Restoring Peace:

Hanh, N.T. (2001). Anger: wisdom for cooling the flames. Riverhead Books, NY, p122

Dopplegangers & Genes:

Sharing DNA: Can you be genetically related to your doppelganger? (medicalnewstoday.com)

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/doppelganger-you-may-share-similar-dna-with-your-lookalike