Editing Protoplast (religion)

{{Short description|Religious concept of first human}}

A '''protoplast''', from [[ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|πρωτόπλαστος}} (''prōtóplastos'', "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human<ref>The Apocalypse of Moses, http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/anderson/vita/english/vita.lat.html#per39</ref> or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of [[Human|humankind]] (as in [[Adam and Eve]] or [[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]] and [[Shatarupa |Shatrupa]]), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in [[Deucalion]] or [[Noah]]).

==List of protoplasts==
{{anchor|Judaism|Jewish|Christianity|Christian|Islam|Muslim}}
;[[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic mythology]]
* [[Adam and Eve]]
* [[Noah]]
* [[Adam Kadmon]] (esoteric)
* [[Adam kasia]] ("hidden Adam") and [[:de:Adam pagria|Adam pagria]] ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in [[Mandaeism]]
* [[Lilith]] (esoteric)

{{anchor|Aboriginal}}
;[[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]
* [[Wurugag and Waramurungundi]]
* [[Yhi]]
* [[Kidili]]

{{anchor|Ayyavazhi}}
;[[Ayyavazhi mythology]]
* [[Kaliyan]] and [[Kalicchi]]

{{anchor|Aztec}}
;[[Aztec mythology]]
* Tata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl - new progenitors of humankind after the flood
* [[Oxomoco]] and [[Cipactonal]] - first human couple created

{{Anchor|Baganda|Baganda mythology}}
;[[Baganda]]
*[[Kintu]]

;[[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]
* [[Cherokee mythology#The Story of Corn and Medicine|Selu and Kanati]]

{{anchor|Taoism|Chinese}}
;[[Chinese folk religion]]
* [[Fu Xi]] and [[Nüwa]] (sometimes said to be created by Pangu)
* [[Pangu]] 

{{anchor|Cowichan}}
;[[Cowichan peoples]]
* Quiltumtun

;[[Germanic mythology]]
* [[Tuiscon]] - first ancestor of Germans

{{anchor|Greek|Greek mythology}}
;[[Greek mythology]]
* [[Pandora]] - first woman
* [[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]] - first Man (by some Accounts) 
* [[Deucalion]] and [[Pyrrha]] (the first postdiluvian humans)

{{anchor|Hindu mythology}}
;[[Hindu mythology]]
* [[Svayambhuva Manu]] and [[Shatarupa]] (first couple on earth)  
* Including [[Vaivasvata Manu]] and Shraddha (wife of Vaivasvata Manu) of current [[Manvantara]]

{{anchor|Inca|Inca mythology}}
;[[Inca mythology]]
* [[Pacha Camac]]

{{anchor|Lakota}}
;[[Lakota people]]
* [[Tokahe]] - first human emerged from the underworld
* Wa and Ka

{{anchor|Māori}}
;[[Māori mythology]]
* [[Tiki]] and Marikoriko

{{anchor|Muisca}}
;[[Muisca mythology]]
* Tena and Fura

{{anchor|Navajo}}
;[[Navajo mythology]]
* [[Áłtsé Hastiin]] and [[Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́]]

{{anchor|Norse|Norse mythology|Viking}}
;[[Norse mythology]]
* [[Ask and Embla]] (former)
* [[Líf and Lífþrasir]] (future)

{{anchor|Polynesia|Polynesian mythology}}
;[[Polynesian mythology]]
* Ele'ele
* [[Kumu-Honua]] and [[Lalo-Honua]]
* [[Marikoriko]] and [[Tiki (mythology)|Tiki]]
* Tu-Mea
* Tonga
* [[Vatea]] and [[Papa (mythology)|Papa]]

{{Anchor|Philippine|Philippine mythology}}
;[[Philippine mythology]]
* [[Philippine_mythology#Cosmogony or creation myths|Malakas]] (strong) and [[Philippine_mythology#Cosmogony or creation myths|Maganda]] (beautiful)
* [[Silalac]] and [[Sivacay]] ([[Hiligaynon people|Hiligaynon]])

{{anchor|Japanese|Shinto}}
;[[Shinto mythology]]
* [[Izanagi]] and [[Izanami]]

{{Anchor|Africa|African mythology}}
;[[Traditional African religions]]
*'''[[Kikuyu people|kuyu]]'''
**[[Kikuyu people#Gikuyu|Gikuyu]] and [[Mumbi]]
*'''[[Lozi mythology|Lozi Mythology]]'''
**Kamunu (first human created by [[Nyambe]])
*'''[[Serer creation myth]]'''
**[[YAAB and YOP]] (first human couple (female and male respectively) created by [[Roog]] in [[Serer religion]]<ref>« Genesis of YAAB & YOP » narrated by « Armand Diouf » of Ndimaag (Senegal), [in] Gravrand, Henry, ''La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool'', vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), p. 204, {{ISBN|2-7236-1055-1}}</ref>)
**[[Unan and Ngoor]] (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity - female and male respectively<ref>Gravrand, Henry, ''La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool'', vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), pp. 204−5, {{ISBN|2-7236-1055-1}}</ref>)
**[[Jambooñ and Agaire]] (two sisters and early ancestors of the [[Serer people|Serer]] and [[Jola people]] respectively whose pirogue broke at the [[Point of Sangomar]] separating the two groups<ref>Ndiaye, Fata, ''La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine'', Ethiopiques n° 54 revue semestrielle de culture négro-africaine, Nouvelle série volume 7, 2e semestre 1991.</ref><ref>The Seereer Resource Centre, ''An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures (2015) [in] The Seereer Resource Centre [https://www.seereer.org/seereer-historical-figures]''</ref><ref>Taal, Ebou Momar, ''Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability'', [in] The Point (2010)[http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/senegambian-ethnic-groups-common-origins-and-cultural-affinities-factors-and-forces-of-national-unit]</ref>)

{{Anchor|Yoruba|Yoruba mythology}}
;[[Yoruba mythology]]
* [[Oduduwa]] and [[Obatala]]
* [[Iya Nla]]

{{Anchor|Turkic|Turkic mythology}}
;[[Turkic mythology]]
* [[Törüngey]] and Ece

{{Anchor|Vietnamese|Vietnamese mythology}}
;[[Vietnamese mythology]]
* [[Lạc Long Quân]] and [[Âu Cơ]]

{{anchor|Zoroastrianism}}
;[[Zoroastrian mythology]]
* [[Keyumars]]
* [[Mahabad (prophet)|Mahabad]]
* [[Mashya and Mashyana]]

==See also==
* [[Cosmic Man]]
* [[Discovery of human antiquity]]
* [[Eponymous ancestor]]
* [[Mitochondrial Eve]]
* [[Y-chromosome Adam]]

==References==
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[[Category:Creation myths]]
[[Category:Legendary progenitors|Legendary progenitors]]
[[Category:Mythological first humans|*]]