Werewolves bodies are convenient animal vehicles for meditating upon human identity in the Middle Ages. They are theologically rich and pose difficult questions about identity and continuity . . . They often prove to be less hybrid than they at first appear: unzip the wolf skin and out pops the human who had always been dwelling inside. Werewolves easily become allegories, reaffirming the superiority of the human, their natural dominance and difference. So why would a werewolf, through a dogged lack of interest, suggest he is at home in a shaggy form?
