Parricide to obtain kingship — Mythoi

Motif

Parricide to obtain kingship.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel children and grandchildren. · view the constellation · filed as S22.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Parricide. (Cf. Q211.1.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Adopted son plots death of parents. Usurps the throne

Filed beside it

Father learns that his son is planning to kill him. Gives his son a weapon to do so. Son repents

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