First man or woman
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Various creation myths have a first human, a legendary first human being. It can be either a pair, one male and one female, or a male.

Examples:

• Aboriginal mythology
  • Wurugag and Waramurungundi
  • No name, but see Yhi
  • No name, but see Kidili
• Ayyavazhi
  • Kaliyan and Kalicchi, the first man and woman of Kali Yukam, the present age.
• Chinese mythology
  • Pangu
• Cowichan mythology
  • Quiltumtun
• Greek mythology -
  • Pandora - first woman
  • Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first)
• Judaism, Christianity, Islam -
  • Adam and Eve.
  • Lilith
  • Noah (ancestor to all humans after the flood)
• Norse mythology -
  • Ask and Embla - first humans created
  • Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
• Hinduism
  • Manu (Hinduism)
• 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 (Philippine mythology) (meaning strong) and Maganda (meaning beautiful)

See also

• Cosmic Man