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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> Bolthor is Boelthorn
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Aydan aka me, myself, I wrote
> As to Bolthor, he is believed to be Odin's uncle. Odin's mother
was Bestla, and Bolthor is believed to be her brother.
Ooops, my bad... Bolthor/n is Bestla's father. The son of bolthorn
would have been the one to instruct Odin. To my uinderstanding, the
maternal uncle has a significant family role in Teutonic culture
The Havamal stanza involved is #140:
2. Hollander
From the son of Bolthorn, Bestla's father,
I mastered mighty songs nine,
3. Larrington
Nine mighty spells I learnt from the famous son
of Bolthor, Bestla's father,
4. Coulter
Nine songs of power
I learned from the son of Bolthorn-
Bestla's father,
-Aydan