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First man or woman
Various
creation myths
have a
first man
, the first
human being
. This was generally either a male, or a pair, one male and one female.
Examples:
Aborigine mythology
Wurugag and Waramurungundi
No name, but see
Yhi
No name, but see
Kidili
Judaism
,
Christianity
,
Islam
-
Adam and Eve
.
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
Incan mythology
First wo/man were not named; see
Pachacamac
for more information
Polynesian mythology
Ele'ele
Kumu-Honua
and
Lalo-Honua
Marikoriko
and
Tiki
Tu-Mea
Tonga
Vatea
and
Papa
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