Helcar (also spelled Helkar[1]) was the name of a great pillar or tower upon which the mighty lamp Illuin sat. It was the counterpart to Ringil which held aloft the other lamp, Ormal.
History[]
Helcar was built in Middle-earth by the Valar to house the northern of the Two Lamps, Illuin. It was destroyed by Melkor in an attack while the Valar rested from their labors. Its collapse ruined a great part of Middle-earth, and waters (probably from Belegaer and the eastern ocean) flowed in. The inland Sea of Helcar formed in the tower's place.[2]
In other versions[]
In the earlier writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, that Helcar had been made by Melko (Melkor), not by the Valar, out of ice, a substance not yet known to the Valar; and so it had melted, in a work of treachery.[3] It was also situated in the south, rather than the north.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Amharic | ሄልካር |
Arabic | هيلكار |
Armenian | Հելկար |
Assamese | হেলকাৰ |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
Bengali | হেলকার |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
Chinese | 赫尔卡 |
Danish | Helkar |
Georgian | ჰელკარი |
German | Helkar |
Greek | Χελκαρ |
Gujarati | હેલકાર |
Hebrew | הלקאר |
Hindi | हेलकार |
Japanese | ヘルカール |
Kannada | ಹೆಲ್ಕಾರ್ |
Kazakh | Хелкар (Cyrillic) Xelkar (Latin) |
Korean | 헬 카르 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Hэлкар |
Laotian | ຮເລຈະຣ |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
Malayalam | ഹെൽകാർ |
Marathi | हेल्कार |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Хэлкар |
Nepalese | हेल्कार |
Persian | هلکار |
Punjabi | ਹੇਲਕਰ |
Russian | Хэлкар |
Sanskrit | हेल्चर् |
Serbian | Хелкар (Cyrillic) Helkar (Latin) |
Sinhalese | හෙල්කාර් |
Tajik Cyrillic | Ҳелкар |
Tamil | ஹெல்கார் |
Telugu | హెల్కార్ |
Thai | เฮลคาร์ |
Urdu | ہیلکار |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
Uzbek | Ҳелкар (Cyrillic) Helkar (Latin) |
Yiddish | העלקאַר |
References[]
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"