primal scene

Etymology
. Coined by in 1914.

Noun

 * 1)  In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) its parents copulating.
 * 2) * 1983, William J. Kerrigan, The Sacred Complex: On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674785002, page 164,
 * The primal scene is the site at which the issues of ego differentiation become translated into the issues of the oedipus complex.
 * 1) * 1989, Andrew Samuels, The Plural Psyche:: Personality, Morality, and the Father, Routledge, ISBN 0415017602, page 123,
 * The father's presence and image, together with those of the mother, form the raw material of the primal scene.
 * 1) * 1995, Joel Whitebook, Perversion and Utopia: a study in psychoanalysis and critical theory, MIT Press, ISBN 0262731177, page 51,
 * She argues that perverse sexual activity constitutes an attempt to restage the primal scene in such a way as to eliminate its traumatic aspects.

Translations

 * Danish: primalscene
 * Finnish: kantanäky
 * German: Urszene
 * Norwegian: primalscene
 * Russian: перви́чный грех
 * Swedish: primalscene
 * Turkish: birincil sahne, primer sahne