Plagiarism!

Ok, so I'm re-reading the gift in anticipation of The singing and I get up to Rachida where after meeting the Lady Ardina Cadvan sings the following...

"Her waking soul an orison

Of newborn joy, she fleetly ran

through twilit vales on lirion

Her voice in wonder echoing

And from the branches blossom sprang

In iron groves of leafmeal wan

And spring herself woke up and sang the gentle summer beckoning"

There are a few more verses but I can't be bothered typing it out. Loveley isn't it? Well it bugged me because all of a sudden I realised that it is completely plagerised. I give you an excerpt from the Lay of Beren and Luthien

"He heard there oft the flying sound

Of feet as light as linden-leaves,

Or music welling underground,

In hidden hollows quavering.

Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,

And one by one with sighing sound

Whispering fell the beachen leaves

In wintry woodland wavering."

You see the similarities? It's just the format and the topic the same? NO! While the format is taken from LOTR, the words are pretty much identical to The Lay of Beren and Luthien in tHoM seriously, its like she cut the damn thing up and rearranged the sentences. And then I realise. Arkan and Ardina are Beren and Luthien. I know that all high fantasy is based somewhat in Ttolkien and hers more than most, but this is way too close for comfort, its like Paloini level copying!

Evidence:

Luthien is born of a goddess and named after a star - Ardina is born from the moon
Ardina and Luthien both are immortals who fall in love with a mortal
They are both said to have left the word, but there are rumours they still walk the earth
They are both part of hidden woodland realms, protected by a Queen who has put a barrier around it
They are both considered to be the most beautiful women who ever lived
Both stories have Rings (Beren’s ring and Mearad’s ring) and pipes (Darion and Mearad)
In both cases the pipes are used for songs of loss
They both destroy the evil of the time or at least help to do so
They both change the season from winter to spring
When threatened they both turn into wolves

Ok, so some of them MAY be coincidental, but come on! There were a couple of others that have slipped my mind, I’ll add them later if I remember, but really.

Ok, enough obsessing. See you later.