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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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