Lorelei (disambiguation)

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The Lorelei is a rock in the Rhine River, the subject of numerous legends, poems, and songs about maritime disaster.

Lorelei, Loralei, Loreley, Lorelai, or Lorilei may also refer to:

Film and stage

• Lorelei Lee, a character in the 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel). This may also refer to:
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical), the 1949 stage musical, in which the character is portrayed by Carol Channing
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), the 1953 film, in which the character is portrayed by Marilyn Monroe
• The Lorelei (1927 film), a German silent film
• Lorelei (film), a 2020 American drama film
• Lorelei (musical), 1974 revision of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, a 2005 Japanese film
• Lorelei, a character in the 2015 film Victor Frankenstein
• Lorilei, a 2005 play by Tom Wright

Comics

• Lorelei (Asgardian), a character appearing mostly in The Mighty Thor and on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Lorelei (Mutate), a character whose first appearance was in X-Men #63
• Mantis (Marvel Comics), who briefly took the name Lorelei

Literature

• Lorelei, a 1935 romance novel by Ionel Teodoreanu
• "Die Lore-Ley", an 1824 poem by Heinrich Heine, set to music by Friedrich Silcher in 1837
• "Lorelei", a poem by Sylvia Plath
• Lorelei, a dog character from The Dogs of Babel

Music

Artists

• Lorelei (band), a dark rock band from Pittsburgh

Classical

• Loreley (opera), an 1890 opera by Alfredo Catalani
• Die Loreley (Bruch), an 1862 opera
• "Die Lorelei", an 1837 German folk song by Friedrich Silcher
• "Lorelei", an 1843 Lied by Clara Schumann
• "Die Loreley", an 1856 song by Franz Liszt

Songs

• "Lorelei" (George Gershwin song) (1933)
• "Lorelei" (Styx song) (1976)
• "Loreley", a 2003 song by Blackmore's Night from Ghost of a Rose
• "Lorelei", a 2018 song by Clutch from Book of Bad Decisions
• "Lorelei", a 1984 song by Cocteau Twins from Treasure
• "Lorelei", a 2003 song by Comeback Kid from Turn It Around
• "Lorelei", a 1993 song by Corpus Delicti from Twilight
• "Lorelei", a 2019 song by DIIV from Deceiver
• "Lorelei", a 1960 song by Lonnie Donegan
• "Lorelai", a 2011 song by Fleet Foxes from Helplessness Blues
• "Laurelei", a 1995 song by Lisa Gerrard from The Mirror Pool
• "Lorelei", a 1983 song by Nina Hagen from Angstlos
• "Loreley", a 1981 song by Dschinghis Khan
• "Lorelei", a 2013 song by Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy from You Are Everything
• "Lorelei", a 1984 song by The Explorers from The Explorers
• "Lorelei", a 2016 track by Ladies' Code from STRANG3R
• "Loreley", a 1998 song by L'Arc-en-Ciel from Heart
• "Loreley", a 2018 song by Lord of the Lost from Thornstar
• "Black Forest (Lorelei)", a 2005 song by Mercury Rev from The Secret Migration
• "Lorelei", a 1989 song by the Pogues from Peace and Love
• "Lorelei", a 2010 song by Scorpions from Sting in the Tail
• "Lorelei", a 1998 song by Theatre of Tragedy from Aégis
• "Lorelei", a 1981 song by Tom Tom Club from Tom Tom Club
• "Lorelei", a 1976 song by Wishbone Ash from New England
• "Lorelei", the title track for the character named Ilyasviel from the visual novel Fate/stay night

Places

• Lorelei, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Loreley (Verbandsgemeinde), a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Loralai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Loralai, the principal city of Loralai District

Video games

• Lorelai (Suikoden), a character in the Suikoden video game series
• Lorelei (Pokémon), a character from the Pokémon video games
• Lorelei, a character from the Borderlands 3 video game
• Lorelai, a sequel to The Cat Lady
• Order of Lorelei, a fictional military-religious organization in Tales of the Abyss
• Lorelai, a character from Vainglory

Other uses

• Lorelei (name), a feminine given name
• 165 Loreley, an asteroid discovered by C. H. F. Peters in 1876
• María Luisa Garza (1887–1980), a Mexican writer who wrote under the pen name Lorelay
• The Lorelei Signal, an episode of the animated series of Star Trek

See also

• Loreleia, a mushroom genus
• Mermaid
• Siren (mythology)