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LORELEI (from Old High Ger. Lur, connected with modern Ger. lauern, " to lurk," " be on the watch for," and equivalent to elf, and lai, " a rock ")

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 6 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LOB-LUP
LORELEI (from Old High Ger. Lur, connected with modern Ger. lauern, " to lurk," " be on the watch for," and equivalent to elf, and lai, " a rock ") . The Lorelei is a
rock
  in the Rhine near St Goat, which gives a remarkable echo, which may partly account for the legend. The tale appears in many forms, but is best known through Heinrich Heine's poem, beginning Ich weirs nicht was
soli
  es bedeuten. In the commonest form of the story the Lorelei is a maiden who threw herself into the Rhine in despair over a faithless lover, and became a
siren
  whose voice lured fishermen to destruction. The 13th-
century
  minnesinger, known as Der Marner, says that the Nibelungen treasure was hidden beneath the
rock
 . The tale is obviously closely connected with the myth of Holda, queen of the elves. On the Main she sits combing her locks on the Hullenstein, and the man who
sees
  her loses sight or reason, while he who listens is condemned to wander with her for ever. The legend, which Clemens Brentano claimed as his own invention when he wrote his poem " Zu Bacharach am
Rheine
  " in his novel of Godwi (1802), bears all the marks of popular mythology. In the 19th
century
  it formed material for a
great
  number of songs, dramatic sketches,
Court
  of Judicature Act 1877. The number was, fixed at five by the Supreme
Court
  of Judicature Act 1881, s. 3. Their salary is 5000 a year (see
APPEAL
 ).


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