Ormal

Ormal atop Ringol

Ormal, also known as High Gold, was the southern of the two Lamps of the Valar, set on the great tower Ringol by Aulë to bring light into the world of the Valar.

History

After the Valar entered the world and brought order to the seas and the lands and the mountains, and subdued the fires of Melkor, there was a need for light. Aulë at the prayer of Yavanna forged two mighty lamps, Illuin and Ormal. Varda filled the lamps with light and Manwë hallowed them, and the Valar set them up on high pillars, Illuin in the furthest north upon the pillar of Helcar, Ormal in the deepest south upon the pillar of Ringol. In the middle of Arda, where the light of the lamps mingled, amid the Great Lake lay the Isle of Almaren, where the Valar dwelt.

Later the pillars were cast down and their lamps broken by Melkor. Lands were broken and seas arose in tumult, destroying flame from the broken lamps poured out over the Earth, marring it, and the Valar fled Middle-earth for Valinor. At the site where Illuin fell the inland Sea of Helcar was formed, of which Cuiviénen was a bay.

Earlier versions of the legendarium

It is told in The Book of Lost Tales Part One that Melkor participated in making the Lamps, but made the pillars out of ice, leading them to melt and collapse on their own.

Translations around the world

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዖርማል
Arabic	أرمال
Armenian	Որմալ
Belerusian Cyrillic	Ормал
Bengali	ওর্মাল
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Ормал
Georgian	ორმალი
Greek	Ορμαλ
Gujarati	ઑર્મલ
Hebrew	אורמלי
Hindi	ॐर्मल
Japanese	オーマル ?
Kannada	ಒರ್ಮಲ್
Kazakh	Ормал (Cyrillic) Ormal (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Ормал
Laotian	ອrມະຣ ?
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ормал
Marathi	ओरमल
Mongolian Cyrillic	Ормал
Nepalese	ॐर्मल
Persian	ورمال
Punjabi	ਓਮਮਲ
Russian	Ормал
Sanskrit	ॐर्मल्
Serbian	Ормал (Cyrillic) Ormal (Latin)
Sinhalese	ඕර්මල්
Tajik Cyrillic	Ормал
Tamil	ஓர்மல்
Telugu	ఓర్మల
Thai	โรมะล
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Ормал
Urdu	ورمال
Uzbek	Ормал (Cyrillic) Ormal (Latin)
Yiddish	אָרמאַל