First Human redirects here.
First man or woman may refer to:
- The husband of a female President, see First Gentleman.
- First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
- The first person created in one of the religious or mythical accounts of creation (see list below).
First Humans in Religion and Myth
Various creation myths have a legendary first human. In each case it can be either a male, or a female, or a pair of one male and one female.
Examples:
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Wurugag and Waramurungundi
- Yhi
- No name, but see Kidili
- Chinese mythology
- Cowichan mythology
- Quiltumtun
- Greek mythology -
- Jewish and Christian religion, and Islamic mythology -
- Norse mythology -
- Ask and Embla - first humans created
- Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
- Hindu mythology
- Hotcâk mythology
- Kunu
- An un-named one-legged
- Turtle
- Pachacamac mythology & Late Inca mythology
- First man and woman were not named; see Pacha Camac for more information
- Polynesian mythology
- Ele'ele
- Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
- Marikoriko and Tiki
- Tu-Mea
- Tonga
- Vatea and Papa
- Philippine Mythology
See also
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