First man or woman

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Various creation stories have a first man, the first human being. This was generally either a male, or a pair, one male and one female.

Examples:

Aboriginal mythology
- Wurugag and Waramurungundi
- No name, but see Yhi
- No name, but see Kidili
Cowichan mythology
- Quiltumtun
Judaism, Christianity, Islam -
- Adam and Eve.
Lilith
Norse mythology -
- Askr and Embla - first humans created
- Lif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok
Greek mythology
- Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first)
Hinduism
- Yama and Yami
Hotcâk mythology
- Kunu
- An un-named one-legged man
- 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