The historical narratives surrounding Meadow Men, sentinels with the capacity to communicate with and influence wolves, date back primarily to the 18th century, but there are also instances on record from the 16th and 17th centuries. This perceived ability, attributed to, or proclaimed by shepherds, namely their alleged capacity to converse with wolves and even transform into one, serves as a core aspect of 'witch trial' lore. Documented cases of shepherds accused of collaborating with wolves can be found in various regions of Hungary, Transylvania, the Great Hungarian Plain, and Slovakia. The notion of individuals dwelling on the fringes of society, or those who have been ostracized, resonated with the intelligentsia of the time. When including the works of contemporaneous rationalist literature and the thoughts of scholars, a discovery about the elevation of the marginalized can be made, which, in the eyes of the intelligentsia, ranges from an endearing peculiarity to a grotesque notion of kinship with beggars or savages.