Helcar

Helcar (also spelled Helkar) 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.

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. 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