First man or woman

Various creation stories have a first man, the first human being.

Related Topics:
Creation stories - Human being

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This was generally either a male, or a pair, one male and one female.

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Examples:

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• Aboriginal mythology
• Wurugag and Waramurungundi
• No name, but see Yhi
• No name, but see Kidili
• Cowichan mythology
• Quiltumtun
• Judaism, Christianity, Islam -
• Adam and Eve.
• Lilith
• Ayyavazhi
• Kaliyan and Kalicchi the first couple in Kali Yukam (the present world).
• Norse mythology -
• Askr and Embla - first humans created
• Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
• Greek mythology
• Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first)
• Hinduism
• Yama and Yami
• Hotcâk mythology
• Kunu
• An un-named one-legged man
• Turtle
• Pachacamac mythology & Late Inca mythology
• First man and woman were not named; see Pacha Camac for more information
• Polynesian mythology
• Ele'ele
• Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
• Marikoriko and Tiki
• Tu-Mea
• Tonga
• Vatea and Papa
• Philippine Mythology
• Malakas (meaning strong) and Maganda (meaning beautiful)