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]
^ ab"Nepoticide v. Avunculicide". Time. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
^ abEdmunds L (November 1995). Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. p. 64. ISBN 0-299-14854-8.
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