Lorelei (sometimes spelled Lorelai, Loreley, or Lorilee) is a feminine

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originating from the name of the rock headland on the

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River. Legends say that a maiden named Lorelei lived on the rock and lured fishermen to their deaths with her song.

People

*Loreley,

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of Mexican writer María Luisa Garza (1887–1980) *

Lorelei DeCora Means Lorelei DeCora Means ( DeCora; born 1954) is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American nurse and Native American civil rights, civil rights activist. She is best known for her role in the second siege in the town of Wounded Knee, ...

(born 1954), a Native American

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and

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* Lorelei Linklater (born 1994), American actress and multimedia artist * Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 1987), Argentine actress and model

Fictional characters

*Lorelei Lee,

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's character in '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' * Lorelai Gilmore, a character on the American television series ''

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'' * Lorelei (Asgardian), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe * Lorelei (Pokémon), an Elite Four member in ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'', ''

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'', ''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'' as well as Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! * Dr. Lorelei Tsing, a doctor from American science fiction television series '' The 100'' * A

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animated episode entitled The Lorelei Signal involved alien women able to mentally enslave the men of the U.S.S. Enterprise. * Lorelei, one of the Valkyries and priestesses in the book '' A Court of Silver Flames'' by Sarah J. Maas. * Lorelei Martins, a character who was an accomplice and later a victim of

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in television series ''

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'' * Lorelei Ambrosia, a character in

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