Talk:Manus, Father of the Abyss/@comment-35422172-20191023004222

Manus is a possible reference to Mannus of Germanic mythology. According to the Roman writer Tacitus in his Germania, Mannus is the first human and the father of the human race. If this reference is intentional, it may imply that Manus is the Furtive Pygmy.

In the Game No Shokutaku Interview, Miyazaki says the Furtive Pygmy in the opening is essentially the ancestor of humans.

If you speak to Marvelous Chester, he says that the people of Oolacile brought the Abyss upon themselves by upturning the grave of primeval man. This is generally taken to refer specifically to Manus, whose upturned grave can be found in the spot where his boss fight takes place.

If so, "primeval man", i.e. meaning one of the earliest of humans, identifies Manus as either the first man, in which case he is the Furtive Pygmy, or else one of the Pygmy's close descendants.