A cliff above a dangerous part of the Rhine, or a siren said to lure boatmen to their doom there
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Delahunty - The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions (2001) - StudFiles.ru  Aug 10, 2013 ... there was a minute tilt at the corner of her eyelids, and a corresponding tilt at ... A bit above our mercantile station, wouldn't you say? ..... Circe represents a person or place that, though attractive and fascinating, is dangerous. ... home of a siren with long blonde hair whose song lures boatmen to destruction.
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lorelei English definition/translation - seadict.com  A siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck. ... the Rhine, held by legend to be the home of a siren whose song lures boatmen to destruction. ... in the Rhine by her singing to shipwreck; high rock on the bank of the Rhine; ... There the Rhine forms a dangerous narrows, and in German legend a fairy...
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The Siren Song of the Lorelei - Young Germany  Aug 2, 2013 ... This is one of the most beautifuland dangerousstretches of river to navigate. ... Her beauty and song lure men to their deaths on the cliff below. ... Heritage website has described the area's beauty well: The Rhine is one of ... Rhine Valley, moreover, is such that the river has over the centuries fostered a...
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Loreley Rock at St. Goarshausen on the Rhine (19th ... - GHDI - Image  The legendary figure of the Loreley became part of German folklore in the nineteenth ... rock in the Rhine River, luring charmed and careless boatmen to their destruction; ... Signal fires have been placed around the dangerous section of rock.
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THE SIREN, LORELEI (a German folktale), Tell Me a Story | uexpress  Oct 24, 2010 ... On the Rhine River, on the eastern shore, atop a steep rock, there once lived a ... People said that anyone sailing close to that rock would lose his life for her song was ... His boat was nearing the cliff as the sun began to set behind the ... The only light seemed to shine from the evening star high above him.
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by kucinggemuk | Song To The Siren | Pinterest | Posts  picture, siren, mermaid life, post, black white, real mermaid, deep sea, shark, tattoo, .... creatures famous in antiquity for their song, which lured sailors to their death. .... Pierce The Veil - Bulls In The Bronx // I sang this in my head perfectly, the voice ...... LIGEIA was one of the more famous sirens, whose name means "shrill" or...
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Jeopary Questions page 2180 - BATTLE CRIES - TriviaBistro.com  SUPERSTITIONS: These grotesque stone figures acted as drain spouts as well as sentinels to frighten away evil spirits  BODY LANGUAGE: It's the type of...
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jeopardy/1572_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THEY SAID IT | Longfellow line that precedes "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm" | "One if by land, two if by sea". right:.
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Lorelei | German legend | Britannica.com  Lorelei on the Rhine River, near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany. ... The rock produces an echo and is associated with the legend of a beautiful ... lover and was transformed into a siren who lured fishermen to destruction. ... In this section is the Lorelei rock, from which a legendary siren is said to have lured fishermen to their...
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Rethinking Defenses Against Sea's Power - Washington Post  Sep 8, 2005 ... "The scientists told us the dikes were too low; we knew they were in ... Now, the country that has been building dikes and battling the sea ... which flow the Rhine, Maas and Schelde rivers, more vulnerable to flooding than ever, they say. ... Major deficiencies in evacuation plans for the most populous Dutch...
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Mythology archive | Faerie Lore - Technogypsie Productions  Manito was so upset by this, he formed huge rapids in the Columbia River to ... this is one of the shortest crossing areas between Oregon and Washington over the ... Loo-Wit to watch over it and protect the river, bridge, and peoples of the area. .... These commonly can be found along streams, creeks, lakes, springs, rivers,...
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Lorelei - Wikipedia  The Lorelei (German: Loreley) is a 132 m (433 ft) high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or ... Heinrich Heine seized on and adapted Brentano's theme in one of his most famous poems, Die Lorelei.
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Rhine - Wikipedia  The Rhine is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubnden in the ... The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the ... it was cited as 1,232 kilometres (766 miles) by the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat in 2010. ..... In this sections the river falls from 77.4 m above sea level to 50.4 m.
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Severe weather season: What do the sirens mean? | WQAD.com  May 17, 2013 ... As storm season arrives, you may occasionally hear warning sirens alerting ... officials when they receive word that severe weather is approaching. No matter the kind of weather, sirens will sound with the same tone in each community. ... people who are outside that something dangerous is approaching.
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Rhine River | river, Europe | Britannica.com  Aug 19, 2016 ... Rhine River, German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Celtic Renos, Latin ... Strasbourg, France; and Worms, Mainz, and Cologne, Germany, to name a ... The Alpine section of the Rhine lies in Switzerland, and below Basel the .... for craft of 1,350 tons became the standard both for the minimum capacity of...
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Hudson River Rafting | Pinnacle Travel SEO  ... called America's Rhine because sections of its beautiful shores resemble the ... From there, the river flows southward near the eastern boundary of New York...
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Lorelei - Wikipedia  The Lorelei (German: Loreley) is a 132 m (433 ft) high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or ... An old legend envisioned dwarfs living in caves in the rock. ... Signal" is about a planet of beautiful women who periodically lure ships to their world and draw the ships' men to their deaths.
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Rhine - Wikipedia  The Rhine is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubnden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-Liechtenstein border, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. ... The many castles and fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance...
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The Siren Song of the Lorelei - Young Germany  Aug 2, 2013 ... Heinrich Heine then refined the story in his 1824 poem Die Lorelei. ... Tourists can view the rock from onboard a tourist cruise ship or drive to its tip ... beauty well: The Rhine is one of the world's great rivers and has witnessed ... a cultural landscape of great beauty which has strongly influenced artists of all...
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Lemming Suicide Is a Myth That Was Perpetuated by Disney  Mar 21, 2014 ... Like many rodents, their population expands every few years. ... Knowing that these lemmings were deliberately shoved over the cliff and drowned makes ... During especially cold winters, or at chilly high altitudes, they will have far ... We know for certain that it's not mass suicide, but we also know that more...
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SIRENS (Seirenes) - Half-Bird Women of Greek Mythology  Odysseus later sailed by, bound tightly to the mast, while his men blocked .... But now, half human and half bird in form, they spent their time watching for ships from ... these are the Seirenes (Sirens) who he called killers of Kentauroi (Centaurs)." ... fast-moving song, so as to din their ears with a medley of competing sounds.