The 'primal scene' is a scene of sexual intercourse between the parents and observed (or fantasized) by a child, who usually interprets it as an act of violent aggression on the part of the father. The memory of the primal scene feeds into most fantasies, and especially those of neurotics, the classic case history being that of Freud's 'Wolf Man' patient.[1] The scene leads to the sexual arousal of the child, but at the same tim induces castration anxiety and thus lays the foundation for the Oedipus complex.