In the vernacular, the word "doppelgänger" has come to refer (as in German) to any double or look-alike of a person.
The word is also used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. They are generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death.
That's the definition. Now let's have fun with it!
Collaborative traditional cut and paste (scissors and glue ) collage blog with a weekly set theme.
This is a great theme, Angie—and I love your writeup! Now I'm going to check "doubles / twins / mirror images" off my list of potential themes. =smile=
ReplyDeleteOoer! I have been told many times I have a doppelganger but have suffered no ill effects so far (fingers crossed!) Lovely theme - I look forward to making stuff for it - with my mirror image!
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