Pachamama era (y sigue siendo) frecuentemente representada como una mujer con ropa en forma de montaña. "Pacha" significa tierra o tiempo y "mama" es madre. Ella era como la Tierra personificada, como un paisaje vivo y respirante que la gente adoraba, reverenciaba y con que hablaba. Era la diosa de la tierra fértil, mientras que unas deidades más salvajes controlaban los desiertos y las tierras silvestres.

Pachamama was (and still is) often depicted as a woman wearing clothes in the shape of a mountain. The “pacha” of Pachamama means earth or time and “mama” is mother. She was like the Earth itself personified, like a living and breathing landscape that people worshipped, revered and spoke to. She was the goddess of fertile land, whereas the deserts and wildernesses were controlled by wilder deities.