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 Manu and Shatrupa or Adam and Eve), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).
List of protoplasts
- 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)
- 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)
- Törüngey and Ece
- Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ
See also
References
- 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), 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) The Seereer Resource Centre
- Taal, Ebou Momar, Senegambian Ethnic Groups : Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability, The Point (2010)