Protoplast (religion)

A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human^[1] or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of humankind (as in Adam and Eve or Manu and Shatrupa), 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)
• Pelasgus - first Man (by some accounts)
• Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first postdiluvian humans)

Hindu mythology

• 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 mythology

• 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^[2])
  • Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity - female and male respectively^[3])
  • 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^[4][5][6])

Yoruba mythology

• Oduduwa and Obatala
• Iya Nla

Turkic mythology

• Törüngey and Ece

Vietnamese mythology

• Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Zoroastrian mythology

• Keyumars
• Mahabad
• Mashya and Mashyana

See also

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