European werewolves encoded class fears of uncivilized country folk

Evidence

The werewolf, although not examined here, is a monster representing the uncivilized country folk of Europe—a symbol of primitivism, illiteracy, racial impurity, and the importance of social class. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 1279

Categorization

• SEED: Useful counterpoint figure for the reader: what each monster lets its makers avoid seeing — the werewolf stands for European anxiety, not foreign threat.