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List of protoplasts

Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of protoplasts in religion.

A protoplast, from ancient Greekπρωτόπλαστος (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 or Manu and Shatrupa), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah). List of protoplastsAbrahamic mythologyAdam and EveNoahAdam Kadmon (esoteric)Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in MandaeismLilith (esoteric)Australian Aboriginal mythologyWurugag and WaramurungundiYhiKidiliAyyavazhi mythologyKaliyan and KalicchiAztec mythologyTata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl – new progenitors of humankind after the floodOxomoco and Cipactonal – first human couple createdBagandaKintuBerberIarbas or Garamas – first man (according to Greek sources)CherokeeSelu and KanatiChinese folk religionFu Xi and Nüwa (sometimes said to be created by Pangu)PanguCowichan peoplesQuiltumtunGermanic mythologyTuiscon – first ancestor of GermansGreek mythologyPandora – first womanEpimetheus – first man (by some accounts)Pelasgus – first man (by some accounts)Alalcomenes – first man (by some accounts)Kour