First man or woman

Redirected from First man 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