Pelops

Japanese: Pelops

Tantalus was the king of Asia Minor and the son of Zeus. He was close enough to the gods to invite them to banquets, but to test the gods' omniscience, he killed his son Pelops and served him at the table. As punishment, he was cast into the underworld and suffered eternal hunger and thirst.

From [Shoulder]

…In Germanic mythology, Odin had two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Muninn (memory), perched on his shoulders and whispered everything he saw and heard into his ears. In Greek mythology, Tantalus, the favorite of the gods, became arrogant and, in order to test the gods, killed his son Pelops, cooked his meat into a dish, and offered it to the gods. None of the gods, realizing their mistake, ate it, except for the goddess Ceres, who was searching for her daughter's whereabouts, and ate Pelops' left shoulder. …

From Tantalus

…In Greek legend, king of Mount Sipylos in Asia Minor. Son of Zeus, father of Pelops and Niobe. He had great wealth and was loved by the gods, but after becoming arrogant and arrogant, he killed his son Pelops, cooked him, and offered him to the gods in order to test them, or after being invited to the table of the gods, he revealed their secret to humans, or stole nectar and ambrosia, the food and drink of the gods, and gave them to humans. As a punishment, he was cast into the hell of Tartarus. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pelops" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以下はその概要である。　始祖タンタロスは小アジアの王で，ゼウスの子であり，供宴に招くほど神々と親しい間柄であったが，神の全知を試すため息子ペロプスPelopsを殺し食卓に供した。その罰で冥界におとされ永久の飢渇に苦しんだ。…

【肩】より

…ゲルマン神話中のオーディンの肩にはフギン(思考)とムニン(記憶)という2羽のカラスがとまっていて，見聞きしたすべてのことを彼の耳にささやいていた。ギリシア神話では神々の寵児タンタロスが増長の末，神々を試そうとして息子ペロプスPelopsを殺して肉料理をつくり，神々にささげた。悟った神々はだれも食べなかったが，娘の行方を捜す女神ケレスだけは他に気をとられていたためペロプスの左肩の部分を食べてしまった。…

【タンタロス】より

…ギリシア伝説で，小アジアのシピュロス山付近の王。ゼウスの子で，ペロプスPelopsとニオベの父。莫大な富をもち，神々に愛されていたが，心おごって増長したあげく，神々を試すべく，わが子ペロプスを殺して料理し，これを神々に供したため，あるいは神々の食卓に招かれたあと，その秘密を人間に漏らした，または神々の飲食物たるネクタルとアンブロシアを盗んで人間に与えたため，罰として無間地獄タルタロスへ落とされた。…

※「Pelops」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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