Helcar (also spelt Helkar[1]) was the name of a great tower upon which the mighty lamp Illuin sat.
History
Helcar was raised by the Valar to house the northern of the Two Lamps, Illuin. It was placed in the north of Middle-earth, and together with the southern lamp Ormal lit up all of Arda. Helcar was destroyed by Melkor in an attack while the Valar rested from their labors, and collapsed with devastating consequences to the world. This ruined a great part of Middle-earth, and waters (probably from Belegaer and the eastern ocean) flowed in. Later here was formed the inland Sea of Helcar. The heat of Illuin then melted Helcar, and the meltwater of this tower formed the Sea of Helcar.[2]
Earlier versions of the legendarium
In some traditions it was said that Helcar was one of the two pillars made by Melko (Melkor), not the Valar, out of ice - a substance that was not yet known to the Valar.[3]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሄልካር |
| Arabic | هيلكار |
| Armenian | Հելքար |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
| Bengali | হেলকার |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
| Chinese | 赫尔卡尔 ? |
| Danish | Helkar |
| Georgian | ჰელკარი |
| German | Helkar |
| Greek | Χελκαρ |
| Gujarati | હેલકર |
| Hebrew | הלקאר |
| Hindi | हेल्कर |
| Japanese | ヘルカール |
| Kannada | ಹೆಲ್ಕರ್ |
| Kazakh | Хелкар (Cyrillic) Xelkar (Latin) |
| Korean | 헬 카르 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Hэлкар |
| Laotian | ຮເລຈະຣ |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Хелкар |
| Marathi | हेलकर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хэлкар |
| Nepalese | हेल्कर |
| Persian | هلکار |
| Punjabi | ਹੇਲਕਰ |
| Russian | Хэлкар |
| Sanskrit | हेल्चर् |
| Serbian | Хелкар (Cyrillic) Helkar (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | හෙල්කාර් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҳелкар |
| Tamil | ஹெல்க்கர் |
| Telugu | హెల్కర్ |
| Urdu | ہیلکر |
| 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"
