What was the story behind the wolf logo on the homepage?
A. The wolf logo was removed when the Popalis Family History site was upgraded in 2007. The story behind the logo is refered to as the Legend of the Iron Wolf. Long ago, Gediminas, the Great Grand Duke of Lithuania, hunted down a large bull at a place now called the Taurus Hill and offered sacrifice to the Gods. As evening approached, Gediminas and his companions rested and feasted by a campfire. Then weary from the hunt, they slept soundly in a hilltop grove. That night, Gediminas dreamed of an iron-clad wolf high atop a hill, who seemed to howl with the voice of a hundred wolves. Gediminas could not understand the dream, so he visited the High Priest, Lizdeika, at the grove-shrine of Perkunas, the Mighty Thunderer. Lizdeika gazed into the fire, divined and offered the following interpretation: “Great Ruler, the armoured wolf is a city which you shall build. It will be as strong as iron and protect the land from its enemies. And the wolves that you heard, were the voices of its heroes
