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
edit- The Lorelei (1927 film), a German silent film
- Lorelei (musical), a 1974 revision of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Lorilei, a 2005 play by Tom Wright
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, a 2005 Japanese film
- Lorelei, a character in the 2015 film Victor Frankenstein
- Lorelei (film), a 2020 American drama film
Characters
edit- Lorelei Lee, a character in the 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- a character in the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, portrayed by Carol Channing
- a character in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, portrayed by Marilyn Monroe
- the mother and daughter representing the main protagonists of the television series Gilmore Girls:
- Lorelai Gilmore, birth name Lorelai Victoria Gilmore
- Rory Gilmore, birth name Lorelai Leigh Gilmore
- Lorelei, a dog character from The Dogs of Babel
Comics
edit- Lorelei (Asgardian), a character appearing mostly in The Mighty Thor and on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Mantis (Marvel Comics), who briefly took the name Lorelei
- Lorelei (Mutate), a character whose first appearance was in X-Men #63
Literature
edit- 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
Music
editArtists
edit- Lorelei (band), a dark rock band from Pittsburgh
Classical
edit- 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
edit- "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
- "Lorelei", a 1984 song by The Explorers from The Explorers
- "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
- "Loreley (The Lovers)", a 2012 song by In Hearts Wake from Divination
- "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
- "Lorelei", a 1985 song by Alan Tam
Places
edit- 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
edit- 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
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, a 2024 video game
Other uses
edit- 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
See also
edit- Loreleia, a mushroom genus
- All pages with titles containing Lorelei
- Mermaid
- Siren (mythology)