The name "Marigold" is derived from "Mary's Gold", and the plant is associated with the Virgin Mary in Christian stories. — Wikipedia - Marigold
The Latin name for marigolds is "Tagets," after the ancient Etruscan prophet Tages. Tages was a founding prophet of Etruscan religion. He revealed a cosmic view of divinity and correct oracular methods of ascertaining divine will concerning events of public interest. Divination was undertaken in Roman society by priestly officials called haruspices. Political officials also, such as the augures, were constituted with some responsibilities for divination. — Wikipedia - Tages
The sacred texts recording the revelations of Tages were called by the Romans the Etrusca Disciplina. None of these wrtten works survived the Christian book burning of the Fifth Century A.D.
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