Lorelei - A German Mythology Siren

Lorelei can be described as a water fairy, a water sprite or water spirit. A Rhine Maiden. Stunningly beautiful and sitting atop "The Rock of the Loreley" near St. Goarshausen, a small town by the Rhine River in Germany, she combs her beautiful hair and sings out to despairing sailors traveling the Rhine so that they may follow her seductive song into more dangerous and rocky areas closer to the Rhine shore and drown. Supposedly many a sailor has succumbed to the whims of Lorelei, who in her grief at having lost the love of her life to the Rhine River, sings out to other sailors so that they may also be drawn to their own deaths.------------------------------------- Lorelei is the German counterpart to the Sirens in Greek mythology. Even so, she creates a vivid and emotional story. River cruises along the Rhine River take one right past the rocks Lorelei calls home.

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