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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 -
- Norse mythology -
- Askr and Embla - first humans created
- Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
- Greek mythology
- Hinduism
- 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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