"More than simple wizards, the Solomonari (or kaptobatai, a thousands-of-years-old notion), also known as "cloud banishers", have been associated either to ascetic thraco-getian priests, or to the ancestors of the wise Emperor Solomon. Superior spirits, scholars of the old writings, experts in reading the future and in controlling the extreme metheorological phenomenas, the Solomonari are described as beggar-looking and known by the accessories they carry with them - an old book, a magic cane with which a snake has been struck dead, and other magical objects." Iulia Gorneanu Solomonari are known for controlling (and not slaying) the mythological dragons of the sky and bringing the desired weather to Earth.