Editing Potato (section)

=== In mythology ===

[[File:Axomama.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Axomamma]], Incan goddess of potatoes]]

In [[Inca mythology]], a daughter of the earth mother [[Pachamama]], [[Axomamma]], is the goddess of potatoes. She ensured the fertility of the soil and the growth of the tubers.<ref name="Thurner 2021">{{cite book |last1=Thurner |first1=Mark |last2=Pimentel |first2=Juan |title=New World Objects of Knowledge |publisher=Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London |publication-place=London |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-908857-82-8 |oclc=on1242739583 |page=248 |url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/55756/1/9781908857828.pdf#page=267}}</ref> According to [[Iroquois mythology]], the first potatoes [[Origin myth |grew]] out of Earth Woman's feet after she [[Maternal death |died giving birth]] to her [[Twin |twin sons]], [[Hahgwehdiyu |Sapling and Flint]].<ref name="Converse 1908">{{cite journal |last1=Converse |first1=Harriet Maxwell (Ya-ie-wa-no) |author1-link=Harriet Maxwell Converse |last2=Parker |first2=Arthur Caswell (Ga-wa-so-wa-neh) |date=15 December 1908 |title=Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924055492973 <!--myth is told at [[Hahgwehdiyu |Sapling and Flint]]--> |journal=Education Department Bulletin |publisher=[[University of the State of New York]] |pages=31–41 <!--page 34-->"Creation: Ata-en-sic, the Sky Woman" and "The Sun, Moon and Stars" |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>