Insoraki
Biak Numfor · mortal · Biak Numfor traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Insoraki, a young woman of the coast, is the virgin mother of the Koreri myth. Struck by the fruit that Manarmakeri had charmed at the Morning Star's instruction, she conceived without a man and bore the child Manarbew, an event that scandalised her kin and led to the family's expulsion. Sharing Manarmakeri's exile and his transformation, she is remembered as the first wife of the Lord and the female ancestress of the Koreri hope; the prophetic 'mother of Koreri' venerated in later movements was understood to renew her role.
Children
Domains
- virgin motherhood
- ancestry
Powers
- conceives without a man
Relations
- spouse: ManarmakeriShe becomes the wife of the transformed Lord and shares his exile.Kamma, F. C. (1972). Koreri: Messianic Movements in the Biak-Numfor Culture Area. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, pp. 20-30. (secondary)
Sources
- Insoraki is the virgin who conceives Manarmakeri's son by the charmed fruit and becomes his wife, the female ancestress of the Koreri promise.: Kamma, F. C. (1972). Koreri: Messianic Movements in the Biak-Numfor Culture Area. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, pp. 20-40. (secondary); Rutherford, D. (2003). Raiding the Land of the Foreigners. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (secondary)