The Doppelgänger: Mythology's Most Terrifying Warning Sign

From ghostly twins and death omens to modern neuroscience, the mystery of the doppelgänger has haunted humanity for centuries. 🌟 Join the Mystics:    / @mysteriesofmythology   🛒 Mythology Books, and Creator Picks: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mysteries... 👕 Merch: https://mysteriesofmythology.com/ ▶️ WATCH NEXT: ↳ 🐉    • Beasts, Legends & Monsters – Mythical Crea...   ↳ 🦉    • Celtic Myths & Legends   For centuries, people across the world have reported seeing their own doubles. Known as doppelgängers, these mysterious figures appear in folklore, mythology, literature, paranormal accounts, and even modern neuroscience. In this video, we explore the famous case of Emilie Sagée, the spectral doubles of Norse and Celtic tradition, Abraham Lincoln’s strange mirror vision, Helen’s phantom double from Greek mythology, and the scientific explanations behind autoscopic hallucinations, mirrored self-misidentification, and the strange-face illusion. Are doppelgängers supernatural beings, fragments of the soul, warnings of death, or simply tricks of the brain? ——————————————— ⏳ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro to doppelgängers 01:03 The Woman Seen In Two Places 06:20 The Double Across History 10:17 The Double As A Warning 12:17 The Other You 14:37 The Stranger In The Mirror 15:58 The Double That Never Existed ——————————————— 📚 SOURCES & CREDITS: • Robert Dale Owen – Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World – https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/... • Library of Congress – Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World (1860 Edition) – https://www.loc.gov/item/10032956/ • Euripides – Helen – https://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/he... • Center for Hellenic Studies – Euripides, Helen – https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-sourc... • Project Gutenberg – Helena by Euripides – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60381 • Middlebury College – Euripides Helen Commentary and Translation – https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.m... • HathiTrust – Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World – https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record... • Open Library – Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World – https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24181... ——————————————— 🔔 SUBSCRIBE →    / @mysteriesofmythology   ——————————————— 🔗 CONNECT WITH ME: ↳ 💬 Chat on Discord:   / discord   ↳ 📱 Instagram:   / mysteriesofmythology   #Doppelganger #Doppelgänger #Mythology #Folklore #Paranormal #GhostStories #UrbanLegends #GreekMythology #NorseMythology #MysteriesOfMythology