• Source: Protoplast (religion)

A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of humankind (as in Manu and Shatrupa or Adam and Eve), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).




List of protoplasts



Abrahamic mythology
Adam and Eve
Noah
Adam Kadmon (esoteric)
Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in Mandaeism
Lilith (esoteric)

Australian Aboriginal mythology
Wurugag and Waramurungundi
Yhi
Kidili

Ayyavazhi mythology
Kaliyan and Kalicchi

Aztec mythology
Tata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl - new progenitors of humankind after the flood
Oxomoco and Cipactonal - first human couple created

Baganda
Kintu
Cherokee
Selu and Kanati

Chinese folk religion
Fu Xi and Nüwa (sometimes said to be created by Pangu)
Pangu

Cowichan peoples
Quiltumtun
Germanic mythology
Tuiscon - first ancestor of Germans

Greek mythology
Pandora - first woman
Epimetheus - first Man (by some Accounts)
Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first postdiluvian humans)

Hinduism
Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa (first couple on earth)
Including Vaivasvata Manu and Shraddha (wife of Vaivasvata Manu) of current Manvantara

Inca mythology
Pacha Camac

Lakota people
Tokahe - first human emerged from the underworld
Wa and Ka

Māori mythology
Tiki and Marikoriko

Muisca mythology
Tena and Fura

Navajo mythology
Áłtsé Hastiin and Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́

Norse mythology
Ask and Embla (former)
Líf and Lífþrasir (future)

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)
Silalac and Sivacay (Hiligaynon)

Shinto
Izanagi and Izanami

Traditional African religions
kuyu
Gikuyu and Mumbi
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)
Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity - female and male respectively)
Jambooñ and Agaire (two sisters and early ancestors of the Serer and Jola people respectively whose pirogue broke at the Point of Sangomar separating the two groups)

Yoruba mythology
Oduduwa and Obatala
Iya Nla

Turkic mythology
Törüngey and Ece

Vietnamese mythology
Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Zoroastrianism
Keyumars
Mahabad
Mashya and Mashyana




See also


Cosmic Man
Discovery of human antiquity
Eponymous ancestor
Mitochondrial Eve
Y-chromosome Adam




References

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