Axomamma (also Acsumamma and Ajomamma) is a goddess of potatoes in Inca mythology. She is one of the daughters of Pachamama, the earth mother. Potatoes forms a vital part of the food supply of the Incan people, and most villages had a particularly odd-shaped potato to worship and to beg for a good harvest. Potatoes were first raised by farmers in the Andes Mountains nearly seven thousand years ago. The potato grew wild high in the Andes Mountains in South America by 3000 BCE but it wasn't until the Incan civilization (ca. 100–1530 c.e.) that the tuber's agricultural potential was realized. The Incan people greatly valued agricultural variety and grew thousand of different types of potatoes in a large range of shapes and colors.