First man or woman

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

Various creation stories have a first man, the first human being. This was generally either a male, or a pair, one male and one female.

Examples:

  • Aboriginal mythology
    • Wurugag and Waramurungundi
    • No name, but see Yhi
    • No name, but see Kidili
  • Cowichan mythology
    • Quiltumtun
  • Judaism, Christianity, Islam -
  • 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)


--Angel 18:12, 2 June 2006 (CDT)