Talk:Parricide

Removed
Removed the Naruto reference. Killing an entire village hardly constitutes as parricide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsunekuni (talk • contribs) 17:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Removed
Removed the 'See also' list, since this page is part of the 'Homicide' list now. DarkIye 13:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Parricide v. Patricide
Parricide and Patricide are different:

par·ri·cide  Audio pronunciation of "Parricide" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (pr-sd) n.

1. The of one's father, mother, or other near relative. 2. One who commits such a murder.

Parricide is the killing/murder of ones parents (or one who commits such an act). Patricide is the killing/murdering of ones father (specifically). I am spplitting the parricide and patricide articles.

--Signed by: Chazz - (responses). @ 21:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be pointed out that there is some dispute about the derivation and meaning of parricide. This article cites it as coming from the Latin "parri" but according to Webster's - like patricide - it also comes from the Latin "pater" meaning "father". Parricide is properly, therefore, synonymous with "patricide" and has only later come to be used to mean the murder of a a relative.

Parricide Par"ri*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]

1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.232.0.153 (talk) 08:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Mysterious Roman Punishment
Ancient Rome had a unique punishment for parricide, which is described in gruesome detail in Steven Saylor's novel Roman Blood

Please describe. Ireneshusband 23:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12565a.htm

He who killed a father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, was punished, more majorum (according to the custom of the fathers) by being whipped till he bled, sewn up in a sack with a dog, cock, viper, and ape, and thrown into the sea, if the sea was at hand, and if not, by a constitution of Hadrian, he was exposed to wild beasts, or, in the time of Paulus, to be burnt.

Could someone please provide a reliable source for this? It sounds like utter nonsense.--345Kai 22:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * this discusses the punishment. Drutt (talk) 14:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Examples
A list of notable examples of this crime would be interesting. Wasn't there a case in Australia a few years ago? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 05:56, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Mental illness?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/why-kids-kill-parents

The above article seems to represent the predominant view point that at least in the US, parricide is NOT associated with mental illness or teenage angst. Rather, in 90% of cases examined, ongoing and severe abuse was the primary factor.

This conflicts with the cited source in the article, which was Canadian and seemed to only focus on Quebec and older cases. Is there a better source that represents some level of consensus within the community of authorities on the subject?Bigjimleo (talk) 16:52, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Insecticide ?
The "See Also" section lists insecticide... not relevant to topic 71.236.161.169 (talk) 05:33, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Pendulum as source doesn't exist
Toove (talk) 15:32, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to find some statistics for how common it is worldwide, and to make a page that compares the different types of murder (friend, wife, stranger etc) worldwide, statistically?

The whole section "who kills their parents?"
The only source that is cited in this +3000 word section says in itself that the five clusters (categories described in this section) lack statistical validity, aren't well defined and limited and theory wise has no cohesion. This section just describes a distorted view of reality with not enough basis on evidence or research, so it should be removed. 201.188.105.110 (talk) 23:11, 7 April 2022 (UTC)