The Lorelei (was Tor/Tur/(e) [Re: Vanir,etc.])

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Moretti"
<marcomoretti69@...> wrote:

> > >
> > Can anybody share the etymology of "Lorelei"? I can't
> > find it in my German dictionary. Does anybody know how
> > the oldest version of the legend goes?
> >
> > David
>
> Phonotactics in Lorelei looks bizarre, seemingly the word doesn't

go

> back to Proto-Germanic times. The oldest version of the legend is

as

> far I know medioeval (in the Middle High German stage). I think
> there's no Old German equivalent.
> A puzzle.
>
> Marco

I've always wondered about the name as well.
Go ahead and speculate some more, if you would. =)