Lorelei (disambiguation)

Lorelei is a rock in the Rhine River, a serious hazard for shipping and subject of many legends, poems, and songs.

The name Lorelei or Loreley comes from a Germanic legend about a beautiful maiden named Lorelei who waited for her lover on a rock at the narrowest and shallowest point of the Rhine River. He never returned, so she jumped off the rock to her death. The legend is that her spirit remains at the rock, seeking revenge against her unfaithful lover. She sits on the rock, now named for her, combing her long hair and singing softly. Sailors are so enchanted by her beauty that they crash their ships into the rock or run aground in the shallow water.

The name Lorelei may also refer to:

In characters

In games

• Lorelai (Suikoden), a character in the Suikoden video game series
• Lorelei (Pokemon), a character from the Pokémon video games
• Mystia Lorelei, a character from the Touhou Project video games

In literature

• Lorelei (comics), several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Lorelei (Asgardian), a fictional character who appears in the Marvel Comics Universe
  • Lorelei (Mutate), a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in X-Men #63
• Lorelei, the dog from The Dogs of Babel, about a man who tries to get his dog to speak about the death of his wife

In television

• Lorelai Gilmore, a character on the American television series Gilmore Girls
• Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore, a character on the American television series Gilmore Girls
• Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore, a character on the American television series Gilmore Girls

In film

• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, a 2005 Japanese World War II science fiction film

In music

• Loreley (opera), a 1890 opera by Alfredo Catalani that is an extensive reworking of Catalani's dramma fantastico "Elda"
• Lorelei (musical), a 1974 musical that is a revision of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

In songs

• "Lorelei", a 1933 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin; it was written for their musical Pardon My English
• "Lorelei", a 1976 song by Styx on the album Equinox
• "Lorelei", a song on Blackmore's Night's 2003 album Ghost of a Rose
• "Lorelei", a song on Cocteau Twins's 1984 album Treasure
• "Lorelei", a song on Comeback Kid's 2003 album Turn It Around
• "Lorelei", a song on Corpus Delicti's 1993 album Twilight
• "Lorelai", a song on Fleet Foxes's 2011 album Helplessness Blues
• "Lorelei", a song on Nina Hagen's 1983 album Angstlos
• "Loreley", a 1981 single by Dschinghis Khan
• "Lorelei", a song on L'Arc-en-Ciel's 1998 album Heart
• "Black Forest (Lorelei)", a song on Mercury Rev's 2005 album The Secret Migration
• "Lorelei", a song by Clara Schumann, another version of Heine's poem, composed in 1843
• "Lorelei", a song on Scorpions's 2010 album Sting in the Tail
• "Lorelei", a song by Friedrich Silcher, the first sung version of Heinrich Heine`s poem, composed in 1837
• "Lorelei", a song on Theatre of Tragedy's 1998 album Aégis
• "Lorelei", a song on The Pogues's 1989 album Peace and Love
• "Lorelei", a song on Tom Tom Club's eponymous 1981 debut album
• "Lorelei", a song on Wishbone Ash's 1976 album New England

In places

• Lorelei (Edmonton), a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Loreley (Verbandsgemeinde), a Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Lake Lorelei, Ohio, a gated community and census-designated place near Fayetteville, Ohio

In science

• 165 Loreley, an asteroid discovered by C. H. F. Peters in 1876
• Loreleia, a mushroom genus named after Lorelei Norvell, an American mycologist

See also

• Lorelei (name), female given name