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Patricide (or paternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own father. The word patricide derives from the
Marcus Tullius Cicero, in the Roman Republic it was the only crime for which the civilian could be sentenced to death.[2]
Patricides in myths and religions
Patricide is a common motif that is prevalent throughout many religions and cultures, and particularly in the mythology and religion of Greek culture. Some key examples of patricide from various cultures are included as follows:
- Enûma Elish, was killed by his son Ea in the struggle for supremacy among the gods.
- In the mythology of the neighboring Mesopotamian Hurrian people the storm god Teshub kills his father Kumarbi, sometimes jointly with his grandfather Anu in reciprocity for an attempted patricide by Kumarbi.
- In the Greek creation epic, first recorded in Hesiod's Theogony, Cronus was jealous of his father Uranus' power as ruler of the universe. Cronus thus killed or castrated his father. Cronus, in turn, was overthrown by his own son, Zeus.
- Oedipus was fated to kill his father, a king, and marry his mother. His parents attempted to prevent this by leaving him on the side of a mountain as an infant. He was found and raised by a shepherd. Once grown, Oedipus meets his father while his father is traveling, but not knowing who he is, ends up killing him. He then unknowingly marries his mother to become king, ultimately fulfilling the prophecy.
- Pelias was killed by his daughters, who were deceived by Medea into thinking he could be resurrected.
- In the Hindu epic Uloopi.
- In Chinese belief, people who commit patricide (or matricide) will be killed by a lightning strike as a punishment from filial and warrior deity Erlang Shen.
- In helped him.
- In the legend of West Java, Indonesia, Tangkuban Perahu, Sangkuriang, is said to have killed his father, who was a dog, because he did not get any prey.
Known or suspected historical patricides
- Tukulti-Ninurta I (r. 1243–1207 BC), Assyrian king, was killed by his own son after sacking Babylon.
- Sennacherib (r. 704–681 BC), Assyrian king, was killed by two of his sons for his desecration of Babylon.
- Bimbisara (r. 543–491 BC), king of Magadha, was executed by his son Ajatashatru.
- Ajatashatru (r. 492–c. 460 BC), king of Magadha, was killed by his son Udayabhadra.
- King Kassapa I(AD 473–495) creator of the Sigiriya citadel of ancient Sri Lanka killed his father king Dhatusena for the throne.
- King Chlodoric the Parricide (d. 509) killed his father Sigobert the Lame, a Frankish king, for the throne. He himself was later killed by Clovis.
- Emperor Zhu Yougui (888?–913) of China killed his father Zhu Wen (852–912).
- Emperor Yang of Sui (569–618) in Chinese history allegedly killed his father, Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604).
- Ningling Ge (1032-1048), the crown prince of Western Xia, killed his father Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia , because his wife was seduced by Jingzong.
- Abdallah Mirzasix months later.
- Samvel killed his father Vahan, who converted to Christianity and joined the Zoroastrian Persian Empire.
- who wanted avenge his father's death.
- Jagaddeva (r. 1150), the Chahamana king of India, killed his father Arnoraja.
- Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599), Italian noblewoman who killed her father after he imprisoned and raped her. She was condemned and beheaded for the crime along with her brother and her stepmother in 1599.
- Raden Mas Rahmat.
- Tekle Haymanotin 1706 and subsequently assassinated.
- .
- Richard Dadd (1817–1886), the English artist, murdered his father in 1843 following the onset of psychiatric illness.
- Milas K. Young (1812–1875), a farmer and politician in Grant County, Wisconsin, was murdered by his eldest son in a dispute over the family estate. His son and wife both subsequently committed suicide.
- Lizzie Borden (1860–1927) allegedly killed her father and her stepmother with a hatchet in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892. She was acquitted, but her innocence is still disputed.
- Criminal Code of Japanregarding patricide.
- Kip Kinkel (born 1982), an Oregonboy who was convicted of killing his parents at home and two fellow students at school on May 20, 1998.
- Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), an Idahogirl who was convicted of killing both parents on the morning of September 2, 2003.
- King Birendra, mother, brother, and sister.
- Marie Robards (born 1977) admitted to poisoning her father in 1993.
- Christopher Porco(born 1983), was convicted on August 10, 2006, of the murder of his father and attempted murder of his mother with an axe.
- The Menéndez brotherswere convicted during a highly publicized second trial in July 1996 for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989.
- Austro-Hungarian Empire, after Petar threatened to return to Serbia and betray the family to the Turks.
- Adelaide Crows senior coach Phil Walshwas murdered in the early hours of 3 July 2015, by his 26-year-old son, Cy.
- Alvaro Castillo, shot and killed his father Rafael Castillo before committing a school shooting at Orange High School in North Carolina on August 30, 2006.
- Derek King (age 13) and Alex King (age 12) murdered their father Terry King in Florida in 2001.
- Cesar Correia (born 1960), CEO of InfoLink Technologies, Ltd., killed his father Jaoquim Correia and dumped the body in the Assiniboine River on April 26, 1984.[3] He later confessed to the crime.[4]
Contemporary statistics
In the United States between 1980 and 2010 fathers were more likely than mothers to be killed by their children. Teenage sons (16 to 19 years-old) were most often the perpetrators in parental killings.[5]
See also
- Avunculicide, the killing of one's uncle
- Filicide, the killing of one's child
- Fratricide, the killing of one's brother
- Mariticide, the killing of one's husband
- Matricide, the killing of one's mother
- Parricide, the killing of one's parents or another close relative
- Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife
- Sororicide, the killing of one's sister
References
- ^ "Definition of PATRICIDE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "How and Why the Romans Executed People". Owlcation.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Winnipeg Homicide". Winnipeghomicide.org. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Waldie, Paul (31 May 2004). "CEO's killer past comes back to haunt him". Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Cooper, Alexia D.; Smith, Erica L. (2011-11-16). Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980–2008 (Report). Bureau of Justice Statistics. pp. 21–22. NCJ 236018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30.
Fathers were more likely than mothers to be killed by their children; Teenage sons (16 to 19 years-old) were most often the perpetrators in parental killings (figures 32a and 32b)