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List of protoplasts in religion

List of protoplasts in religion is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of protoplasts in religion rather than just read about it. In short: A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (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 protoplasts Abrahamic mythology Adam and Eve Noah Adam Kadmon (esoteric) Adam kasia…

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A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (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 protoplasts

Abrahamic mythology Adam and Eve Noah Adam Kadmon (esoteric) Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in Mandaeism Lilith (esoteric)

Australian Aboriginal mythology Wurugag and Waramurungundi Yhi Kidili

Ayyavazhi mythology Kaliyan and Kalicchi

Aztec mythology Tata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl – new progenitors of humankind after the flood Oxomoco and Cipactonal – first human couple created

Baganda Kintu

Berber Iarbas or Garamas – first man (according to Greek sources) Cherokee Selu and Kanati

Chinese folk religion Fu Xi and Nüwa (sometimes said to be created by Pangu) Pangu

Cowichan peoples Quiltumtun Germanic mythology Tuiscon – first ancestor of Germans

Greek mythology Pandora – first woman Epimetheus – first man (by some accounts) Pelasgus – first man (by some accounts) Alalcomenes – first man (by some accounts) Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first postdiluvian humans)

Hawaiian religion Laʻilaʻi – first woman Kiʻi – first man

Hindu mythology Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa (first couple on earth) Including Vaivasvata Manu and Shraddha (wife of Vaivasvata Manu) of current Manvantara

Inca mythology Pacha Camac

Lakota people Tokahe – first human emerged from the underworld Wa and Ka

Māori mythology Tiki and Marikoriko

Muisca mythology Tena and Fura

Navajo mythology Áłtsé Hastiin and Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́

Norse mythology Ask and Embla (former) Líf and Lífþrasir (future)

Philippine mythology Malakas (strong) and Maganda (beautiful) Silalac and Sivacay (Hiligaynon)

Polynesian mythology Ele'ele Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua Marikoriko and Tiki Tu-Mea Tonga Vatea and Papa

Shinto mythology Izanagi and Izanami

Traditional African religions Kikuyu Gikuyu and Mumbi 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) Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity, female and male respectively) 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)

Turkic mythology Törüngey and Ece

Vietnamese mythology Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Yoruba mythology Oduduwa and Obatala Iya Nla

Zoroastrian mythology Keyumars Mahabad Mashya and Mashyana

See also Cosmic Man Discovery of human antiquity Eponymous ancestor Mitochondrial Eve Y-chromosome Adam

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of protoplasts in religion

In research: List of protoplasts in religion appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of protoplasts in religion in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of protoplasts in religion is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Creation myths, Legendary progenitors, Mythological first humans, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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