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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Double

Added	Sun, 11/11/2018
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Двойник
Другие названия	Doppelganger Mimic
Область распространения	All over the world
Характерные признаки	→ → → → →
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org dic.academic.ru

Doppelganger, Mimic or Doppelganger - in many cultures, a copy of a person, foreshadowing an imminent death. Sometimes it does not cast shadows and is not reflected in the mirror.

Sometimes it is believed that this is a werewolf capable of reproducing with high accuracy the appearance and behavior of the one he copies. Or his spirit, which came out of the body or came from another world.

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Vardeger

It is a precursor spirit in Scandinavian folklore.

Vardeger is the personification of the inner essence of man, which manifests itself in the form of an animal closest to the human personality.

Stories usually include cases that are essentially almost deja vu, but on the contrary, when a spirit with steps, voice, smell or appearance and general behavior of the subject precedes the event. As a result, witnesses believe that they saw or heard a real person before he physically arrives.

Fetch

A creature from Irish folklore. A supernatural doppelganger or ghost of a living person. Seeing prey is considered an omen, usually foreshadowing imminent death.

Etiainen

A creature from Finnish and Karelian folklore. Etiäinen was the name of a human ghost in the spirit world.

In Finnish folklore, all places and objects, as well as people, possess haltia (genius, guardian spirit). One of these haltations is called etiainen — an image, a double, or just an impression that goes ahead of a person, doing what that person then does.