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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck.

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  • noun a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction

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Examples

  • And Brackett is clearly shouting out to sword-and-sorcery when she calls one of her heroes "Conan" (in "Lorelei of the Red Mists").

    MIND MELD: The Best Sword & Sorcery Stories 2010

  • The introduction to the Bradbury and Brackett team-up in 'Lorelei Of the Red Mist' points out exactly where Brackett stopped writing and Bradbury began the second half of the story.

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Echoes Of Valor - Echoes Of Valor 2 Blue Tyson 2008

  • The introduction to the Bradbury and Brackett team-up in 'Lorelei Of the Red Mist' points out exactly where Brackett stopped writing and Bradbury began the second half of the story.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Echoes Of Valor II - Karl Edward Wagner Blue Tyson 2008

  • The rock is called Lorelei and over centuries, legends about the place grew up.

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • Just back from the hospital after having a baby girl, Lorelei is devastated by her son's death and mysteriously dies days later.

    Reality TV 2007

  • Like I said, the Kim Criswell CD "The Lorelei" is out of print, but used copies can be ordered from the Amazon listing.

    Addendum Jaime J. Weinman 2004

  • The last legend reminds one of the "Lorelei" -- a legend of the Rhine.

    A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 Mark Twain 1872

  • The Lorelei is my sherris ; Ibibio shall not want.

    23rd Psaltery Bobbi Lurie 2011

  • Added: this has been identified as Lorelei, sometimes spelled Loreley.

    Iris Season « Fairegarden 2009

  • Another water-spirit not unlike the Lorelei is the nixie, which is both male and female, the male appearing like any human being, but, as in the case of the water-spirits of the Slavonic peoples and England, Scotland, and Central America, being possessed of green teeth.

    Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

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