From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 62210
Date: 2008-12-20
Medea and Pelias
When Jason returned with the fleece, Pelias still did not relinquish his throne. So, Medea devised a plan to kill Pelias. She told Pelias' daughters that she could make an old ram into a young ram. She then cut the old ram into pieces and threw them into a cauldron and boiled them. When Medea revealed the concoction to Pelias' daughters, out jumped a young ram. The daughters were convinced and that night went into Pelias' room and chopped him into tiny pieces. The daughters took the pieces to Medea for the boiling. When the mixture was ready, the only thing in the cauldron was a smelly, gushy slop and that was the end of Pelias.
Medea killing her sons
Medea fled Corinth in a chariot, drawn by winged dragons, which belonged to her grandfather Helios. She took with her the bodies of her two children, whom she had murdered in order to give Jason further pain.
Pelops ressurrected with ivory shoulder; taken by Poseidon
Pelops was the son of Tantalus and the grandson of Zeus. When he was a boy, his father cut him into pieces, stewed his flesh in a cauldron, and served him as a feast for the gods. The gods detected the trick and restored Pelops to life; a single piece of his shoulder had been eaten by Demeter, and this they replaced with ivory. After his restoration, Pelops was an even more beautiful young man than before; Poseidon fell in love with him and gave him a winged chariot.
Atreus, Thyestes and Hermes’ golden lamb
Atreus vowed to sacrifice the finest animal in his flock to Artemis; however, when he discovered a golden lamb in the flock, he reneged on the promise and hid the lamb away. At the same time his wife, Aerope, was having an affair with his brother, Thyestes. Aerope secretly gave the lamb to Thyestes, and Thyestes then got Atreus to agree that the possessor of the golden lamb should be king. Thyestes produced the lamb and seized the throne.
Atreus was determined to be king again. On the advice of Hermes, he got Thyestes to agree to yield the throne when the sun ran backwards in its course. Zeus then made the sun set in the east, and Atreus became king once more, banishing Thyestes for good measure.
Thyestes eating his children
Later, Atreus learned of his wife's adultery and decided to seek revenge for it. He invited Thyestes to return and be reconciled with him. He killed Thyestes' sons, cut them up, and cooked everything except their hands and feet. Then he served this meat at a banquet in Thyestes' honor. After Thyestes had finished eating, Atreus produced the hands and feet, taunted his brother with them, and banished him once more.
Peleus and Telamon killing his half-brother
Peleus and his brother Telamon killed their half-brother, Phocus, and had to flee Aegina. Phocus meant "seal", who is called sometimes a "sea-sheep". (cf. Heimdall and his metamorphosis)
Atreus and Thyestes killing his half-brother
Chrysippus, the son of Pelops and Axioche. He was killed by his stepbrothers Atreus and Thyestes.
Golden fleece
The Golden Fleece was the treasure sought by Jason and the Argonauts. It originated in the following fashion. Phrixus and Helle were the children of Athamus and the goddess Nephele. When Athamas remarried, the children's stepmother, Ino, became jealous of them and plotted to get rid of them. She arranged to have seed-corn roasted so that it would not sprout. When the crop failed, messengers were sent to consult the oracle at Delphi, and Ino persuaded the messengers to say that that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus to restore fertility to the fields. Before Phrixus could be sacrificed, however, Nephele sent a golden ram which carried both children off through the air. Helle fell into the Hellespont (which was named after her), but Phrixus arrived safely at Colchis, where he married the daughter of King Aeetes. Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus, and gave its pelt (the Golden Fleece) to Aeetes. Aeetes placed the fleece in an oak tree, where it remained until Jason arrived to claim it.
Arcas killed and ressurrected
According to some ancient authors Lycaon made Zeus very angry because he sacrificed on the god's altar a boy in honor to Zeus himself. Other writers said that he invited Zeus to a banquet and offered him a meal, containing meat from a roasted human being. Finally, there is also a story about the sons of Lycaon, who cooked soup from the entrails of a sheep and a goat, together with the entrails of their brother Nictimos. They presented this meal to Zeus, who was visiting them as a simple traveler. Due to any of these reasons Zeus transformed Lycaon and his sons into wolves (in Greek lykos means "wolf") and also he sent a thunderbolt which struck Lycaon's house.
Thjálfi and the ressurrected butchered goats
Snorri relates in Gylfaginning that when Thor and Loki visited the boy Þjálfi's family on their way to Jötunheimr, Þjálfi cut open the bone of one of Thor's butchered goats in order to get at the marrow. When Thor resurrected the goat, it could not walk properly. To atone for this, Þjálfi and his sister Röskva (Reap) had to serve Thor as his thralls, accompanying him and Loki on their journey to the land of the giants where the boy competed in a footrace against Útgarða-Loki's thought, Hugi.
Akhiles-Ligyron-Pyrisoos
Akhiles was the only son (there were 7 or 8) of Thetis saved; his burnt body was regenerated with only a lost bone (heel), replaced by Damasen’s bone.
Bhis.ma
The 7 Vasus was cursed and obligated to reincarnate as sons of River-goddess Ganga. All died except one, who became Bhis.ma.
Kumara
Kumara-Karttikeya born as six children, merged into only one boy.
Heimdallr
Heimdall was linked to ram; seal-shapeshifting; son of 7 mothers.