Care to explain why it's definitely wrong, burra?
It seems quite logical to me. Tolkien was very interested in the Norse legends and stories, and it seems likely he would have heard of this. I see no reason he couldn't possibly have been inspired by this, although of course changing it and putting his own ideas into it, making it his own. Every great author is inspired by something.
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