Lorelei

	Lorelei
	ローレライ
	Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Origin	German literature
Race(s)	Fairy
Alignment(s)	Neutral-Neutral
Arcana	Lovers

Lorelei is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

The Lorelei, also spelled Loreley, is a large rock on the River Rhine located in Sankt Goarshausen in Nassau, Germany.

In 1801, this rock inspired a ballad by Clemens Brentano called "Die Lore Lay", which speaks of a female sorceress called Lore Lay whom many men fell in love with, leading to their demise. Heartbroken and wishing to die, Lore Lay speaks with a bishop, who himself is charmed by her beauty and advises her to redeem herself by becoming a nun. At the climax of the ballad, Lore Lay climbs to the top of a large rock (i.e. Lorelei) and, seeing a boat, intentionally falls off into the river.

In 1824, Heinrich Heine wrote a poem called "Die Lorelei", where the titular Lorelei is a beautiful maiden sitting atop the rock, combing her hair and singing. Enchanted by the song, sailors crash their ships into the rock. This is similar to the tale of the Sirens in Homer's Odyssey.

Design

Lorelei's design, which debuts in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, is that of a pale woman with long nails and yellow eyes with red sclera wearing a dark blue robe sitting atop a harp whose frame resembles an angel.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Lorelei.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	A beautiful river maiden who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. Made famous in Heine's poem. In ancient times, she was seen as one and the same as the river goddess, but the menacing rock and heavy currents turned her into a witch.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A beautiful river maiden who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. She was made famous in Heine's poem. In ancient times, she was seen as one and the same as the river goddess, but the menacing rock and heavy currents turned her into a witch.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	A beautiful river maiden who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. She was made famous in Heine's poem. In ancient times, she was seen as one and the same as the river goddess, but the menacing rock and heavy currents turned her into a witch.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (Akuma Zensho; PSP)	出身地：ドイツライン川の、同名の巨岩に棲む美しい女の水魔。歌声で人々を誘っては、溺死させる。ハイネの詩でも有名なこの水の妖精は、古代には川の女神と同一視された存在であった。しかし、巨岩とラインの流れが作りだす大渦の恐怖は、次第にこの女神を人々を水の中へ引き込む魔女に変えていった。ローレライに関する伝説の類は数が多く、女神として伝えられるもの、水の魔女とされるものの他、悲恋の乙女の物語とするものまである。 Translation: Place of origin: Germany A beautiful water demon woman who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. Lures people with her singing, drowning them. This water fairy, made famous in Heine's poem, was a being identified with the river goddess in ancient times. However, the fear of the maelstroms formed by the rock and the currents of the Rhine eventually gradually transformed this goddess into a witch who pulls people into the water. There are several types of legends concerning Lorelei; in some stories she is a goddess, and in others a water witch, and there is even a story in which she is a maiden of tragic love.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	A beautiful river maiden who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. Various lore describes her as a goddess or a water witch, but there are also tales of her being a heroine of tragic love.
Devil Survivor: Overclocked	A beautiful river maiden who lives on the eponymous rock on the Rhine. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. Immortalized in Heine's poem. In ancient times, she was seen as the same as the river goddess, but the menacing rocks and heavy currents of the Rhine turned her into a witch that drags people below the waters. There are many legends concerning Lorelei. In some, she is a goddess, in others, she is a water witch, and there is even a story where she is a figure of tragic love.
Devil Survivor 2	A beautiful river maiden who lives on the eponymous rock on the Rhine. She lures sailors to their doom with her enchanting voice. Immortalized in Heine's poem. In ancient times, she was seen as the same as the river goddess, but the menacing rocks and heavy currents of the Rhine turned her into a witch that drags people below the waters. There are many legends concerning Lorelei. In some, she is a goddess, in others, she is a water witch, and there is even a story where she is a figure of tragic love.
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho	ライン川の、同名の巨岩に棲む美しい女の水魔。歌声で人々を誘っては、溺死させる。出身地：ドイツハイネの詩でも有名なこの水の妖精は、古代には川の女神と同一視された存在であった。しかし、巨岩とラインの流れが作りだす大渦の恐怖は、次第にこの女神を人々を水の中へ引き込む魔女に変えていった。ローレライに関する伝説の類は数が多く、女神として伝えられるもの、水の魔女とされるものの他、悲恋の乙女の物語とするものまである。 Translation: A beautiful water demon woman who lives at the rock of the same name on the Rhine River. Lures people with her singing, drowning them. Place of origin: Germany This water fairy, made famous in Heine's poem, was a being identified with the river goddess in ancient times.However, the fear of the maelstroms formed by the rock and the currents of the Rhine eventually gradually transformed this goddess into a witch who pulls people into the water.There are several types of legends concerning Lorelei; in some stories she is a goddess, and in others a water witch, and there is even a story in which she is a maiden of tragic love.
Kaneko Kazuma Dennō Akuma Zukan	ライン川に棲む水の妖精。同名の岩があり、ローレライとは「妖精の岩」という意味を持つ。ローレライの岩がある場所は両岸に絶壁があり、それが水音や人声などをよく反響させていたことから、ローレライには魅力的な歌声で船乗りを惑わし、水底へ引きずりこむ水の精がいると語り継がれるようになった。 Translation: A water fairy who lives in the Rhine River. There is a rock of the same name, Lorelei, meaning "fairy rock". There are steep walls on both banks where the rock Lorelei is located, and because they often echoed the sounds of water and people well, it came to be remembered that Lorelei's captivating singing voice beguiles sailors, and that there are water spirits who drag them to the bottom of the water.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Following the defeat of Morax, Lorelei will take over the ruins of the Blue Jet in Sector Antlia, where she plays with the corpses of the Blue Jet crew. Approaching her will activate the EX Mission "Blue Jet Reclamation" where the Protagonist and the rest of the Red Sprite Strike Team take her on.

After her defeat, she becomes unlocked for Fusion.