Pachamama
Aymara · deity · mythic · deity
The earth mother, most sacred Aymara deity; she renders the soil fertile and is honored with libations. A living object of cult across the Aymara altiplano today.
Domains
- earth fertility harvest
Powers
- Make the soil fertile and grant good harvests
Epithets
- Pachamama
Relations
- equated with: Pachamama
Sources
- Bertonio, Vocabulario de la lengua aymara (1612)
- Modern Aymara ethnography (living cult)