Aseveración

When a coyotl female reaches the age of seventeen, she is initiated into the pack in a ceremony called Aseveracion. which in Spanish means 'affirmation'. It is a brutish, fertility-like ritual whereby the female first undergoes ritual ablutions. The males of the pack prepare by feasting upon wild animals. The female is then tied by her hands to two poles on either side of her body, with her arms stretched laterally, wearing a white garment, a primitive banner displayed overhead. Although not shown, it appears the pack, including her direct relatives, then has carnal relations with her. This ceremony must occur on the night of the first full moon after the female's 17th birthday.

Due to this ritual's bestial nature, some coyotls turn their back on the pack and strike off on their own to spare their daughters thesse depredations, breeding ire and vengeance in the pack.