List of protoplasts in religion
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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 Adam and Eve or Manu and Shatrupa), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).
List of protoplasts
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- Adam and Eve[citation needed]
- Noah[citation needed]
- Adam Kadmon (esoteric)[citation needed]
- Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in Mandaeism[citation needed]
- Lilith (esoteric)[citation needed]
- Tata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl – new progenitors of humankind after the flood
- Oxomoco and Cipactonal – first human couple created
- Quiltumtun
- Tuiscon – first ancestor of Germans
- Pandora – first woman
- Epimetheus – first man (by some accounts)
- Pelasgus – first man (by some accounts)
- Alalcomenes – first man (by some accounts)
- Kouretes – first race (by some accounts)
- Korybantes – first race (by some accounts)
- Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first postdiluvian humans)
- Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa (first couple on earth)
- Including Vaivasvata Manu and Shraddha (wife of Vaivasvata Manu) of current Manvantara
- Tokahe – first human emerged from the underworld
- Wa and Ka
- Tiki and Marikoriko
- Tena and Fura
- Ask and Embla (former)
- Líf and Lífþrasir (future)
- Malakas (strong) and Maganda (beautiful)
- Silalac and Sivacay (Hiligaynon)
- Ele'ele
- Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
- Marikoriko and Tiki
- Tu-Mea
- Tonga
- Vatea and Papa
- Kikuyu
- 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[3])
- Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity, female and male respectively)[4]
- 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)[5][6][7]
- Törüngey and Ece
- Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "The Apocalypse of Moses". Archived from the original on January 5, 2026.
- 1 2 Beckwith, Martha Warren (1972) [1951]. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8248-0771-9.
- ↑ "Genesis of YAAB & YOP", narrated by Armand Diouf of Ndimaag, Senegal, in Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. p. 204. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.
- ↑ Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.
- ↑ Ndiaye, Fata (1991). "La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine". Éthiopiques. Nouvelle série (in French). 7 (54).
- ↑ "An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures". The Seereer Resource Centre. 2015.
- ↑ Taal, Ebou Momar (2010). "Senegambian Ethnic Groups: Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability". The Point.