2006-10-20 05:07:43 · 11 answers · asked by emmyfair 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
"Die Lorelei" was some kind of a pixie. She had the apearance of a very beatiful woman, which often apeared on the rocks, to lure sailors, who, upon seeing her, would lead the boad into the rocks never to be seen again.
" don’t know what it could mean,
that I’m so sad: I find,
A fairy-tale, from times unseen,
Won’t vanish from my mind.
The air is cool and it darkens,
And quiet flows the Rhine:
The tops of the mountains sparkle,
In evening’s after-shine.
The loveliest of maidens,
She’s wonderful, sits there,
Her golden jewels glisten,
She combs her golden hair.
She combs it with a comb of gold,
And sings a song as well:
Its strangeness too is old
And casts a powerful spell.
It grips the boatman in his boat
With a wild pang of woe:
He only looks up to the heights,
Can’t see the rocks below.
I believe the waves swallowed
The boat and its boatman,
That’s what, by her singing,
The Lorelei has done."
2006-10-20 05:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Does Your Name Mean
LORELEI
Gender: Female
Origin: German
Meaning: Alluring Song
2006-10-20 05:13:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
How funny you should ask as this is the name we have picked out for our daughter, due in January.
Lorelei means alluring. The name is of german origin and comes from a myth that Lorelei was a siren who would sit on the banks of the Rhine river and sing while she combed her golden hair. The sailors would be so captivated with her singing they would look for her and then be blinded by her hair, causing them to crash into the rocks.
2006-10-20 05:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by aliza1999 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Lorelei is also the name of one of the beautiful Rhine Maidens who lured navigators of this river to their dooms with their alluring singing, much as the ancient Greek Sirens did.
2006-10-20 05:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by nejo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is of German origin. Place name: a rocky cliff on the Rhine river, dangerous to boat passage, has been poetically personified as the Lorelei, whose singing lures men to destruction.
2006-10-20 05:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it means a name
2006-10-20 05:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by Samm...eh 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
According to babynames.com, it means "Alluruing enchantress". It's of German decent.
2006-10-20 05:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by applesoup 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Temptress. It's German.
2006-10-20 05:30:53 · answer #8 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know but its really pretty.
2006-10-20 05:12:24 · answer #9 · answered by twirlsgurl 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it means 'gilmore girl'.
2006-10-20 05:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋