When1: -1000
Who: German
What: mythology
Where: Germany
Detail: Mannus, first man and Tuisto's son, started the Germanic tribes Ingvaeones, Irminones, and Istvaeones. Tuisto, Tuisco, Thuisco, or Thuiskon, derived from the number two, started all Germanic tribes, as a hermaphrodite. Perhaps, he/she was the giant Ymir. Mannaz or Manwaz means human being in Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European man.
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