 "Hávamál" (140) makes Bölþor(n) the grandfather of Bestla.Odin recounts his gaining of nine magical songs from Bestla's unnamed brother.If nothing indicates a family relationship between Odin and the man in the stanza (although skalds were certainly aware of Bestla as Odin’s mother), and if the mead was allegedly stolen according to other sources, it is possible that Odin obtained magical songs from his maternal uncle.