A protoplast, from

ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

(''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

Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. ...

or Manu and Shatrupa), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in

Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; ) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene (mythology), Clymene, Hesione (Oceanid), Hesione, or Pronoia (mythology), Pronoia.A Scholia, scholium to ''Odyssey'' 10.2 (=''Catalogue of W ...

or Noah).

List of protoplasts

; Abrahamic mythology *

* Noah * Adam Kadmon (esoteric) * Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in

Mandaeism Mandaeism (Mandaic language, Classical Mandaic: ),https://qadaha.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nhura-dictionary-mandaic-english-mandaic.pdf sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnosticism, Gnostic, Monotheism, ...

* 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 Kintu is a mythological figure who appears in a creation myth of the people of Buganda, Uganda. According to this legend, Kintu was the List of first men or women in mythology and religion, first person on earth, and the first Muganda. ''Kintu'' ...

;

Cherokee The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern ...

* Selu and Kanati ;

Chinese folk religion Chinese folk religion comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes the veneration of ''Shen (Chinese folk religion), shen'' ('spirits') and Chinese ancestor worship, ances ...

* Fu Xi and Nüwa (sometimes said to be created by Pangu) * Pangu ; Cowichan peoples * Quiltumtun ;

Germanic mythology Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon paganism#Mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. O ...

* Tuiscon - first ancestor of Germans ;

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

* Pandora - first woman * Epimetheus - first Man (by some accounts) * Pelasgus - first Man (by some accounts) *

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 The Lakota (; or ) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux (from ), they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people, with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western D ...

* 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 Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The ...

* 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) ** 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 groupsTaal, Ebou Momar, ''Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability'', nThe Point (201

/ref>) ; Yoruba mythology * Oduduwa and Obatala * Iya Nla ;

Turkic mythology Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrism, Tengrist and Shamanism in Central Asia, Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social and cultural constructs related to the nomadic and wa ...

* Törüngey and Ece ; Vietnamese mythology * Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ {{anchor, Zoroastrianism ; Zoroastrian mythology * Keyumars * Mahabad * Mashya and Mashyana

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Creation myths Legendary progenitors *

List of protoplasts

See also

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