Die Lorelei

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Die Lorelei is a famous German Romantic poem by Heinrich Heine that tells of a bewitching siren on the Rhine whose song lures sailors to their doom.

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Label Occurrences
Die Lorelei canonical 1
Lorelei 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German Romantic poem
lyric poem
poem
adaptedAs art song
choral work
song
associatedWith German national identity
Rhine Romanticism NERFINISHED
author Heinrich Heine NERFINISHED
basedOn Lorelei legend
characterType siren
countryOfOrigin Germany
culturalImpact helped popularize the Lorelei legend worldwide
firstLine Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten
form lyric
genre poetry
hasImagery dangerous rocks in the river
enchanted singing woman
evening on the Rhine
hasTranslation The Lorelei NERFINISHED
influencedBy German folklore
Rhine legends
inspired paintings of the Lorelei rock
tourist interest in the Lorelei rock
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Lorelei NERFINISHED
mentions boatman
golden comb
golden hair
song
musicBy Friedrich Silcher NERFINISHED
other 19th-century composers
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
originalLanguage German
partOf German literary canon
plotSummary A beautiful maiden on the Lorelei rock sings and distracts a boatman, causing his boat to crash and sink.
setting Lorelei rock NERFINISHED
Rhine River NERFINISHED
subjectOf literary analysis
musicological studies
theme death
doom of sailors
fatal attraction
nature and the supernatural
unattainable beauty
timePeriod 19th century

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Buch der Lieder notablePoem Die Lorelei
Loreley Rock nameVariant Die Lorelei
this entity surface form: Lorelei