different between temptress vs lorelei

English

tempter +? -ess

temptress (plural temptresses)

An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.
A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
Marilyn Monroe, the iconic temptress of the 20th century.

From the Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend.

lorelei (plural loreleis)

A siren; a temptress.
- 1965, William Henry Davenport, Ben Siegel, Biography past and present: selections and critical essays
  We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs.
- 1977 Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
  She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.

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