 The poem refers to Heimdallr as the "son of eight mothers plus one".Prose following the poem points out that the poem refers to Heimdallr as the son of nine mothers.The poem "Völuspá hin skamma" (contained within the poem "Hyndluljóð", oft considered a part of the "Poetic Edda") contains three stanza that scholars have frequently theorized as referring to Heimdallr and his nine mothers.