Lorelei

Other forms: Loreleis

Definitions of Lorelei
  1. noun
    a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
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    Siren
    a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
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