Avunculicide is the act of killing an
uncle.[1] The word can also refer to someone who commits such an act. The term is derived from the
Latin words avunculus meaning "maternal uncle" and caedere meaning "to cut down" or "to kill". Edmunds suggests that in
mythology avunculicide is a substitute for
parricide.[2] The killing of a nephew is a nepoticide.[1][2]
In history
The mythological founders of Rome,
Romulus and
Remus, accidentally killed their grand-uncle,
Amulius.
Caligula was suspected of assisting with the murder of his great-uncle
Tiberius, whom he succeeded as emperor.
In God of War III (2010), Kratos brutally murders his uncle Poseidon by gouging out his eyes and breaks his neck. He later implements equally brutal and different methods to kill his uncle Hades. He also tore Helios' head off his shoulders with his bare hands.
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Huang avenges his father's death by killing his Uncle Kenny Lee because Lee killed Huang's father and tries to kill Huang.
In the video game The Darkness, Jackie Estacado, the game's protagonist, kills his "uncle" Paulie in revenge over the death of his girlfriend Jenny Romano, which Paulie himself was responsible for.
In Death Stranding, is told in an archive that the antagonist Higgs Monaghan grew up with his abusive uncle. Higgs ended up killing him in self-defence with a knife.
In
Vladimir Nabokov's 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, Franz intends to murder his uncle. In the novel's 1968 English translation (with changes made by the author), the narrator tells us that later on he will be "guilty of worse sins than avunculicide".[7]
In the Hellsing (1997–2008) manga series, Integra kills her uncle, who wanted the Hellsing organization for his own selfish purposes, in self-defense after unintentionally reviving the vampire Alucard with blood from a gunshot wound.
In the prequel to A Song of Ice and Fire, The Princess and the Queen, Prince Aemond Targaryen and his uncle Prince Daemon Targaryen kill each other in battle atop dragons, Daemon killing Aemond moments before their dragons fall into a lake.
In The Lion King,
Simba causes his uncle
Scar's death by tossing him from the top of the rock, and the
hyenas maul him to death.
In The Sopranos,
Tony Soprano attempts to organize the murder of his paternal uncle,
Corrado Soprano, after he and Tony's mother,
Livia Soprano had conspired to have Tony "whacked" after a power struggle. The attempt fails, and the incident is revisited throughout the series.
In season 1 of
Ozark, Ruth Langmore kills her two uncles, Russ and Boyd. This leads her father, Cade, to ask in season 2: "...what the fuck is the word for a girl killing her uncles?"
During Gotham, Jerome Valeska breaks out of prison and kills his uncle Zachary by shooting him in revenge for his uncle's abuse. Previously Zachary tried to kill Jerome.
In Young Justice,
Geo-Force defeats his uncle Baron Bedlam for kidnapping his sister, orchestrating his parents' murder, and betrayed the crown. After his teammates stop him, he nearly rescinds his choice but ultimately kills his uncle after the latter escapes and goads him to kill him, which he does by making him choke on hot lava.
In the Third episode of the
Fifth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine,
Jake Peralta wants to be given a case when he comes back to work and one of the types of cases he asks about is an Avunculicide.
Avunculicide is the act of killing an
uncle.[1] The word can also refer to someone who commits such an act. The term is derived from the
Latin words avunculus meaning "maternal uncle" and caedere meaning "to cut down" or "to kill". Edmunds suggests that in
mythology avunculicide is a substitute for
parricide.[2] The killing of a nephew is a nepoticide.[1][2]
In history
The mythological founders of Rome,
Romulus and
Remus, accidentally killed their grand-uncle,
Amulius.
Caligula was suspected of assisting with the murder of his great-uncle
Tiberius, whom he succeeded as emperor.
In God of War III (2010), Kratos brutally murders his uncle Poseidon by gouging out his eyes and breaks his neck. He later implements equally brutal and different methods to kill his uncle Hades. He also tore Helios' head off his shoulders with his bare hands.
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Huang avenges his father's death by killing his Uncle Kenny Lee because Lee killed Huang's father and tries to kill Huang.
In the video game The Darkness, Jackie Estacado, the game's protagonist, kills his "uncle" Paulie in revenge over the death of his girlfriend Jenny Romano, which Paulie himself was responsible for.
In Death Stranding, is told in an archive that the antagonist Higgs Monaghan grew up with his abusive uncle. Higgs ended up killing him in self-defence with a knife.
In
Vladimir Nabokov's 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, Franz intends to murder his uncle. In the novel's 1968 English translation (with changes made by the author), the narrator tells us that later on he will be "guilty of worse sins than avunculicide".[7]
In the Hellsing (1997–2008) manga series, Integra kills her uncle, who wanted the Hellsing organization for his own selfish purposes, in self-defense after unintentionally reviving the vampire Alucard with blood from a gunshot wound.
In the prequel to A Song of Ice and Fire, The Princess and the Queen, Prince Aemond Targaryen and his uncle Prince Daemon Targaryen kill each other in battle atop dragons, Daemon killing Aemond moments before their dragons fall into a lake.
In The Lion King,
Simba causes his uncle
Scar's death by tossing him from the top of the rock, and the
hyenas maul him to death.
In The Sopranos,
Tony Soprano attempts to organize the murder of his paternal uncle,
Corrado Soprano, after he and Tony's mother,
Livia Soprano had conspired to have Tony "whacked" after a power struggle. The attempt fails, and the incident is revisited throughout the series.
In season 1 of
Ozark, Ruth Langmore kills her two uncles, Russ and Boyd. This leads her father, Cade, to ask in season 2: "...what the fuck is the word for a girl killing her uncles?"
During Gotham, Jerome Valeska breaks out of prison and kills his uncle Zachary by shooting him in revenge for his uncle's abuse. Previously Zachary tried to kill Jerome.
In Young Justice,
Geo-Force defeats his uncle Baron Bedlam for kidnapping his sister, orchestrating his parents' murder, and betrayed the crown. After his teammates stop him, he nearly rescinds his choice but ultimately kills his uncle after the latter escapes and goads him to kill him, which he does by making him choke on hot lava.
In the Third episode of the
Fifth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine,
Jake Peralta wants to be given a case when he comes back to work and one of the types of cases he asks about is an Avunculicide.