I only know of the Lorelei from a collection of fantasy short stories I read way back in elementary school, but for those of you unfamiliar with the story: The Lorelei was a beautiful woman who sat on a cliff above the Rhine to comb her golden hair and sing. Her voice was so beautiful and haunting that it sometimes lured sailors to their deaths.
(How you drown in a river that only comes up to your waist, I’m not sure, but that’s Victorians for you.)
This is the Lorelei Rock.
