The Aryan myth of the first man Manu and parallels in the Kyrgyz epic of Manas

The ancient Kyrgyz had a different idea of the creation of the First Man. They did not even know the word ‘adam’, they called a person ‘kishi’, ‘kishi uulu’. We know this from the ancient Kyrgyz scripts from Enesai. And despite the fact that we, the Kyrgyz, converted to Islam almost a thousand years ago, the storytellers did not forget the information about the creation of the First Man. For example, in the description that characterizes the main character of the Epic of Manas, information relating to the ancient Aryans about the creation of the First Man has been preserved. Studying them, comparing the myths of two peoples (Aryans and Kyrgyz) we came to the conclusion that they have the same root. Although historians have not yet recognized this, Kyrgyz philosophers assert the idea that Manas and Manu are one and the same mythical character. This article is our contribution to this idea.