First man or woman

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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).

[edit] 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
  • Pangu
• Cowichan mythology
  • Quiltumtun
• Greek mythology -
  • Pandora - first woman
  • Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first)
• Jewish and Christian religion, and Islamic mythology -
  • Adam and Eve.
• Norse mythology -
  • Ask and Embla - first humans created
  • Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
• Hindu mythology
  • Manu (Hinduism)
• 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
  • Malakas (strong) and Maganda (beautiful)

[edit] See also

• Cosmic Man