ENDNOTES Endnote 1: Kapustsiani, “of cabbage,“ the masculine form of the adjective. Kapustsiana glowa means “a cabbage head; a stupid fellow.“ Glowa is the ordinary word for head in Polish, and takes the feminine adjective ending in a: hence Kapustsiana. For explanation of the other names see list of names and places. Endnote 2: This means, “Everything or nothing;“ “Carry the day or go to a monastery.“ Endnote 3: Circassians from the Caucasus. Endnote 4: Div is a Persian word for “demon“ or “evil spirit.“ This word meant “a divinity“ in times anterior to Zoroaster, and is identical with the root div in our word “divine.“ In India and Europe it retained its original signification, and became of evil import only in Persia, in consequence of the triumph of Zoroastrianism. Endnote 5: “Pan

