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 Manu and Shatrupa or Adam and Eve), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).
List of protoplasts
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- Adam and Eve
- Noah
- Adam Kadmon (esoteric)
- Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in Mandaeism
- Lilith (esoteric)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ele'ele
- Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
- Marikoriko and Tiki
- Tu-Mea
- Tonga
- Vatea and Papa
- Malakas (strong) and Maganda (beautiful)
- Silalac and Sivacay (Hiligaynon)
- kuyu
- 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[2])
- Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity - female and male respectively[3])
- 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[4][5][6])
- Törüngey and Ece
- Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ
See also
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edit- ^ The Apocalypse of Moses, http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/anderson/vita/english/vita.lat.html#per39
- ^ « Genesis of YAAB & YOP » narrated by « Armand Diouf » of Ndimaag (Senegal), [in] Gravrand, Henry, La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool, vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), p. 204, ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
- ^ Gravrand, Henry, La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool, vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), pp. 204−5, ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
- ^ Ndiaye, Fata, La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine, Ethiopiques n° 54 revue semestrielle de culture négro-africaine, Nouvelle série volume 7, 2e semestre 1991.
- ^ The Seereer Resource Centre, An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures (2015) [in] The Seereer Resource Centre [1]
- ^ Taal, Ebou Momar, Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability, [in] The Point (2010)[2]