Religion:Protoplast

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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 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

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

Baganda
Cherokee

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

Maori 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

Traditional African religions
  • Kikuyu
    • Gikuyu and Mumbi
  • 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

Turkic mythology
  • Törüngey and Ece

Vietnamese mythology
  • Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Zoroastrianism

See also

References

  1. The Apocalypse of Moses, http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/anderson/vita/english/vita.lat.html#per39
  2. « 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
  3. Gravrand, Henry, La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool, vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), pp. 204−5, ISBN:2-7236-1055-1
  4. 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.
  5. The Seereer Resource Centre, An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures (2015) [in] The Seereer Resource Centre [1]
  6. Taal, Ebou Momar, Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability, [in] The Point (2010)[2]