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Lorelei

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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famous steep rock, 430 ft. high, on the Rhine, near St. Goar; dangerous to boatmen, on which it was fabled a siren sat combing her hair and singing to lure them to ruin; the subject of an exquisite Volkslied by Heine.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lorelei'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/lorelei.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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