Home › Entities › concept › doppelgänger

doppelgänger

a look-alike in fiction and mythology
Intangible concept Q461363
doppelgänger
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

doppelgänger is a concept[1]. doppelgänger ranks in the top 3% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,756 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: paranormal[3]
  • Commons category: Doppelgängers[4]
  • Different from: look-alike[5]

Why It Matters

doppelgänger has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] doppelgänger is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

Black Swan Enemy Lolita Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Double The Prestige Us

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). doppelgänger. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/doppelg-nger
MLA “doppelgänger.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/doppelg-nger.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_doppelg-nger_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{doppelgänger}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/doppelg-nger}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): doppelgänger — https://4ort.xyz/entity/doppelg-nger (retrieved 2026-10-12)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/doppelg-nger · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Salnitrum · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of science fiction id → doppelgangers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of science fiction id: Doubles"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0450113-dvojnici
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0450113-dvojnici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 20w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Dante Gabriel Rossetti - How They Met Themselves (1860-64 ci
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Doppelganger Conceptual Illustration.png"
  4. 21w ago · TheWikipedian1250 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → look-alike
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Doppelganger Conceptual Illustration.png"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.