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Ringil was a great pillar or tower upon which the lamp Ormal sat, before the First Age in primeval Arda. It was the counterpart to Helcar which held aloft the other lamp, Illuin.
It was raised by the Valar to house the southern of the Two Lamps, Ormal. It was placed in the south of Middle-earth, and together with the northern lamp Illuin lit up all of Arda.[1]
Ringil was eventually destroyed by Melkor, and collapsed. This ruined a great part of Middle-earth, and waters most likely from the eastern ocean flowed in to fill where it had stood. Later here was formed the inland Sea of Ringil.[citation needed]
In other versions[]
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In other versions of the legendarium, Ringil was the name of the pillar to the North, which was forged by Melkor at Aulë's bidding; but Melkor deceived him, saying that it was made of a tempered steel that he had devised; but in actuality, he had crafted them from ice. So when Aulë struck Ringil and set the lamp head on it, it melted, along with its counterpart, Helcar.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሪንጊል |
| Arabic | رينجل |
| Armenian | Ռինգիլ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Рынгіль |
| Bengali | রিঙ্গল |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Рингил |
| Georgian | რინგილი |
| Gujarati | રિંગોલ |
| Hebrew | רינגיל |
| Hindi | रिंगिल |
| Japanese | リンギル |
| Kannada | ರಿಂಗಿಲ್ |
| Korean | 링길 |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Рингил |
| Malayalam | റിംഗിൽ |
| Marathi | रिंगोल |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Рингил |
| Nepalese | रिङ्गिल |
| Pashto | رینګیل |
| Persian | رینگیل |
| Punjabi | ਰਿੰਗਿਲ |
| Russian | Рингол |
| Sinhalese | රින්ගිල් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Рингил |
| Tamil | ரிங்கில் |
| Telugu | రింగోల్ |
| Urdu | رنگل |
| Yiddish | רינגיל |