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MurderDeceptionDeceitful sonAge versus youth(Threat of) bodily mutilationRichesIllnessMedicineFather/son relationshipsFamilial relationshipsBoarPatricideFood and drinkSpendthrift sonsProfligate with wealthDisposal of corpseOld manFoolish old man

Parricide

A noble knight has a single son and heir who does nothing but drink, carouse, and spend his money irresponsibly. At last, when he has spent all his allowance, he began to consider how he might kill his father and inherit all his wealth. He feigns illness, and tells his father that he sickens for want of the meat of a wild boar. Worried, his father decides to go hunt a boar in order to cure his son, and enters the nearby woods. There he is ambushed by his son and twelve of his son's companions, who kill him and chop his body into tiny pieces. The son then returns home to his sickbed, where is lies - seemingly ill and griefstricken - when news of his father's death is brought to him.

(Note: the end of of the story is incomplete in-text, and followed by c. 114 missing lines.)

[From Brunner; added by Jane Bonsall]

Note

Nishimura notes that the motif index code for 'Parricide' is TMI S22.

Critical Literature

Nishimura (2001), Brunner (1933)

Parricida appears in the following versions and secondary versions

	Has Language Of Version	Has Branch Of Tradition	Is Adapted From

Parricida is narrated in the following occurrences

Narrator	Pages
Empress	Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38

Parricida appears in the following manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages	Has Language Group Within Version

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+{{Inset Story
+|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Brunner (1933)
+|Has Motif=Murder; Deception; Deceitful son; Age versus youth; (Threat of) bodily mutilation; Riches; Illness; Medicine; Father/son relationships; Familial relationships; Boar; Patricide; Food and drink; Spendthrift sons; Profligate with wealth; Disposal of corpse; Old man; Foolish old man
+|Has Summary='''Parricide'''
+A noble knight has a single son and heir who does nothing but drink, carouse, and spend his money irresponsibly. At last, when he has spent all his allowance, he began to consider how he might kill his father and inherit all his wealth. He feigns illness, and tells his father that he sickens for want of the meat of a wild boar. Worried, his father decides to go hunt a boar in order to cure his son, and enters the nearby woods. There he is ambushed by his son and twelve of his son's companions, who kill him and chop his body into tiny pieces. The son then returns home to his sickbed, where is lies - seemingly ill and griefstricken - when news of his father's death is brought to him.
+(Note: the end of of the story is incomplete in-text, and followed by c. 114 missing lines.)
+[From Brunner; added by Jane Bonsall]
+|Has Note=Nishimura notes that the motif index code for 'Parricide' is TMI S22.
+}}