[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c41.s2.6 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s2.6 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s2.6 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c41.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2.6) The second motif is the belief that men are sprung from a primeval creature of bi-sexual character. This idea can be traced in Teutonic mythology in legends of Tuisto, Ymir, Tveggi, in the Doias of Phrygia, in Prajāpati and Puruṣa¹ in India, and in Zrvān in Iran, while the Yama legend shows the variant by which a twin sister is given to the primeval man, in order to explain the origin of man, a conception found also in Iran in the legends of Yimak, Manušak, and Mašyānīk. - [Previous: v2.c41.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2.5) - [Next: v2.c41.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2.7) - [Up: v2.c41.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s2.6) · Pramāṇa