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Wolves played an important role in Dacian mythology and secret societies of young warriors were said to engage in activities in which they imitated a wolf’s behavior while wearing wolf skins. It may be from these rituals that legends of lycanthropy have been derived in the Balkans-Carpathian region. Their use of wolf symbolism is beautifully rendered in this relief depicting a Dacian draco standard capped with a ferocious-looking canine