First man or woman

First man or woman may refer to:

The spouse of an elected head of state, see First Lady, First Gentleman.
First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
The earliest anatomically modern human remains Homo sapiens idaltu
The first person created in one of the religious or mythical accounts of creation (see list below).

Various creation myths describe the legendary first human. In theology and literary studies, the word protoplasts is used as a technical term for the first people in this sense. In each case it can be either male, female, or a couple.

Contents

1 List of first men or women in mythology and religion
2 See also

List of first men or women in mythology and religion

Abrahamic religions

Adam and Eve
Adam Kadmon (Kabbalah and some other mystical traditions)

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Chinese mythology

Pangu

Cowichan mythology

Quiltumtun

Greek mythology

Pandora - first woman
Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first)

Hinduism

Swyambhuvana Manu, in other words, the naturally evolved Man

Hotcâk mythology

Kunu
An un-named one-legged man
Turtle

Kikuyu mythology

Gikuyu and Mumbi

Lakota mythology

Tokahe - first human emerged from the underworld

Norse mythology

Ask and Embla - first humans created
Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok

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 (strong) and Maganda (beautiful)

Japanese Mythology

See also