Ringil (tower)

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.The Silmarillion, Valaquenta
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.
== In other versions ==
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
==References==
fr:Tour de Ringil
it:Ringil (torre)
ru:Рингиль (море)
Category:Towers
Category:Arda