What is the flower language and meaning of agave, and what legends and stories are there?

I. Flower language and meaning

1. Giving everything for love: Agave blooming is extremely rare, but in order to be able to open its flowers, the agave keeps working hard and devotes itself to this, so it can only bloom once every few decades. Its flower language is giving everything for love. In order to open gorgeous flowers, it keeps dedicating and sacrificing itself, and after blooming, the plant also withers along with it, which precisely illustrates such perseverance.

2. The pain of parting: Besides the flower language above, agave also has the flower language meaning of the pain of parting, which can imply the sorrowful mood at farewell. This flower can be given to someone about to be separated from you, to express your feelings of remembrance, as well as the pain of parting.

3. Reluctance to part: The flower language of agave not only has the meaning of the pain of parting, but also the meaning of reluctance to part, implying unwillingness to separate and lingering feelings toward farewell.

II. Legendary stories

It is said that long ago, in the plateau area near Mexico City, there was a tribe whose people loved peace and did not like war, and only fought back with all their strength when others invaded them. Later, after the new leader Metemoc ascended to power, he began to stir up wars everywhere. One day, Metemoc wanted to wage war against a tribe in the north, thereby marrying the tribal chief's daughter. On the way there, he was moved by the Moon Goddess, and from then on changed his mind, becoming gentle and humble. Afterward, the Moon Goddess turned Metemoc into an agave, for people to use, as a way to atone for his sins.