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LW Legend of Loreley (Ursilius) 090224
LW Legend of Loreley (Ursilius) 090224
LW Legend of Loreley (Ursilius) 090224
Legend of Loreley
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System and Manual by Dr. Uwe Gonzalez Burgunder Layout by Jens Seborg
Das Loreleylied (An ancient Legend of the Rhine) I cannot divine what it meaneth, This haunting nameless pain: A tale of the bygone ages Keeps brooding through my brain: The faint air cools in the gloaming, And peaceful flows the Rhine, The thirsty summits are drinking The sunset's flooding wine; The loveliest maiden is sitting High-throned in yon blue air, Her golden jewels are shining, She combs her golden hair;. She combs with comb that is golden, And sings a weird refrain That steeps in a deadly enchantment The listener's ravished brain: The doomed in his drifting shallop, Is tranced with the sad sweet tone, He sees not the yawing breakers, He sees but the maid alone: The pitiless billwos engulf him!So perish sailor and bark; And this, with her baleful singing, Is the Lorelei's gruesome work Heinrich Heine, 1823
He ordered the boatsmen to take him to the bank and he leant far out of the boat because he could hardly await the boat to disembark. When the boat was only a few yards away from the bank he could not hold off any longer and took a jump on the embankment but he had misjudged the distance and with a scream he fell into the Rhine, whose dangerous flow carried him away and nobody could help him. Soon the palatine learned about his son's fate. His soul was torn by the pain about the loss and the fury about Loreley and he assembled his best soldiers. "Catch the witch and bring her here, if dead or alive I do not care!" he told the captain. "Then allow us to throw her into the Rhine so that she drowns in the floods just like your son", the captain suggested, "because if she is really a witch, she will easily escape from the dungeon". The palatine agreed and the captain set out for the Loreley with a small troop. Towards evening he had the rock surrounded by his men and climbed up with his bravest fighters. They found the young woman sitting on the edge of the rock singing with her charming voice like usual. In her hands she was holding a string of amber which shone resplendent in the evening sun like liquid honey. When the petite woman saw the heavily armed men she interrupted her tune and asked them, "Whom are you looking for, you brave warriors?" "It's you we are looking for, fiendish witch" retorted the captain stepping forward. - "You shall die a miserable death so that the sound of your voice shall never deprive an innocent man of his right mind again". Thereupon Loreley laughed, shook her blonde mane, threw the amber string over the edge into the Rhine and sang in a mysterious melody: "Father, come here and send your child white horses on the waves to ride" The palatine's soldiers were awestruck - as soon as Loreley had finished the tune a mighty storm fumed over the rock like they had never seen one before in their lives. The water in the Rhine was stirred up and the river rose but the damsel stood on the abyss and laughed about the furious river. All of a sudden the crests of two huge waves rushed up to the crag, seized Loreley and carried her into the depth of the river.
At this moment the captain realized that that the beautiful woman was a mermaid who could not be harmed by human power. They returned to the palatine's court to bear the news but to their utmost surprise the first person they met was the young count who had survived his fall into the Rhine because a wave had washed him up the shore a short way downstream. Loreley, however, had vanished forever since that day. People say that she still lives on the rock which was named after her but she keeps out of sight and her voice has stopped delighting those who sail by ever since.
At last you have the Loreleylied in the original language: Ich wei nicht was soll es bedeuten Da ich so traurig bin; Ein Mrchen aus alten Zeiten, Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn. Die Luft ist khl und es dunkelt, Und ruhig fliet der Rhein; Der Gipfel des Berges funkelt Im Abendsonnenschein. Die schnste Jungfrau sitzet Dort oben wunderbar, Ihr goldenes Geschmeide blitzet, Sie kmmt ihr goldenes Haar. Sie kmmt es mit goldenem Kamme Und singt ein Lied dabey; Das hat eine wundersame, Gewaltige Melodei. Den Schiffer, im kleinen Schiffe, Ergreift es mit wildem Weh; Er schaut nicht die Felsenriffe, Er schaut nur hinauf in die Hh. Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen Am Ende Schiffer und Kahn; Und das hat mit ihrem Singen Die Lore-Ley getan.
Mermaids 1
A marine creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful young maid en and with the lower body of a fish. She can be found in seas and lakes, or lying on a rock and combing her hair with one hand while holding a mirror in the other. Mermaids sometimes foretell the future and are often accompanied by seals. According to myth, they lure sailors by singing and with lovely music. They live in a kingdom on the bottom of the sea, and it is here they take their prisoners to. From this story, the fear amongst the sailor grew and they thought that seeing a mermaid would cause bad luck: it could predict death by drowning. The belief in mermaids is not limited to a few countries, but there are tales from all over the world (in India, for instance, there are the Apsara, beautiful water). However, most of those tales were told by sailors who "saw" them on their long journeys. The idea of mermaids and mermen, the male equivalent, could be based on creatures from Greek and Babylonian mythology: Sirens and Tritons of the Greeks, and the fish gods, who were half human and half fish, from the Babylonians. Encyclopedia Mythica
Mermaids 2
Mermaid, in folklore, supernatural, sea-dwelling creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of a fish. The mermaid is frequently described as appearing above the surface of the water and combing her long hair with one hand while holding a mirror in the other. Mermaids, in the numerous tales told of them, often foretell the future, sometimes under compulsion; give supernatural powers to human beings; or fall in love with human beings and entice their mortal lovers to follow them beneath the sea. Mermaids have quite amazing qualities as well, as they are so magical. It is said that mermaids can transform their fish-half into the lower half of a human when out of the water so they may walk around like any human.
Of course they retain their great beauty and abilities, but they cannot be separated from the water on a long-term basis or they will grow despondent and weak. One of the most incredible features of the mermaids is t hat any and all of them may heal any ailment through several methods. Just a drop of blood from one of these beings will bring even someone on death's door back to life in full health, cured of any ailments and injury. When a mermaid cries, the tears become pearls when they hit the water and also may be used for healing potions if ground up or ingested, reportedly; they also have great magical powers, and anyone using a pearl in magical workings is said to be gifted indeed by the sheer power included. Possibly the most controversial of abilities is that of immortality conferred by consuming the flesh of a mermaid. However, to forcibly take this gift from a living mermaid is to invite the wrath of the sea and be cursed with eternal pain as long as that immortal life lasts... forever! It is said, however, that if this gift is given freely or if the mermaid has already passed from this plane of existence that the curse will not be given. However, immortality may in its own way be a curse too. The songs of the mermaids are enchanting, and to some it may place them under the control of their merfolk. The label of Siren is also sometimes used for mermaids because of this, and in many tales they are one and the same. The song of any mermaids may evoke the most intense of feelings in those who listen to it, and it may compel them to do whatever the mermaid wishes them to do. However, most mermaids are gentle and kind, rather than capricious or cruel. Often almost childlike in their outlooks, they prefer the company of the kind and gentle rather than the cruel or callous. They have been known to intentionally cause harm to the wicked, especially those out of favor with sea deities. Mermaids are also known for their romantic and poetic hearts, reflected in their incredibly beautiful songs. Perhaps this is why their stories and legends have lived so long over such a huge area, stretching the world over.