Marigold’s Ancient History

🏵️💀🏵️ 1876, Mujer Indígena con Cempasúchil. The iconic flower of Día de los Muertos by painter Felipe Gutiérrez 🏵️ Cempasúchil is the Aztec name of the marigold flower in Nahuatl; “cempoa, ” meaning twenty, and “xóchitl, ” meaning flower. Together Cempasúchil means 20 petals. 🏵️ Known as Flores de Muerto and Mexican Marigolds 🏵️ Historically dating back to the 1500s 🏵️ Tied to a romantic Aztec legend of 2 lovestruck adolescents, Xóchitl and HuitzilinIn 🏵️ The seeds were said to be stolen by Spanish explorers, who grew them in monastery gardens, transported to France, and Northern Africa.