Parricide and other terms

[lucky_kari]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> Hmmm... my trouble is that murder within families does seem to be a 
> theme in the books, and might later require an FAQ. 

Exactly. JKR really seems to be up on her mythology and legend. 

> 
> If we stick with just 'Murder' as the keyword, whoever is editing is 
> going to have to sort through all the non-family murders. Of which 
> there are a lot.
> 
> I think that yes, we *are* going to have to assume that someone is 
> going to have to read through the key word definitions first. If 
> so, 'kin-slaying' is more immediately obvious than 'parricide' and 
> more specific than 'murder'.

Let's make it "kin-slaying," please, Cindy? It's a nice word, and it
appeals to my Lucky_Kari persona. The sort of thing that went on in
the Njal Saga a lot. And it's used by Tolkien. What else could you want?

Eileen, donning her Viking helmet to battle for "kin-slaying"