Doppelgänger
From SilentHill
A doppelgänger or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person, a sinister form of bilocation.
In the vernacular, "Doppelgänger" has come to refer 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. In Norse mythology, a vardøger is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance.
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Known doppelgangers in the Silent Hill series
- Maria- double of Mary Shepherd-Sunderland
- Dark Alessa- manifestation of the dark side of Alessa Gillespie (movie version)
- Sharon Da Silva- manifestation of the good side of Alessa Gillespie (movie version)
- Cheryl Mason- partial manifestation of Alessa Gillespie (game version)
