Two Lamps

The Two Lamps, or The Lamps of the Valar, were Illuin ("Sky-blue"), which formerly stood at the northern end of Arda, and Ormal ("High gold") which stood in the south.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
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, named 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 Ringil. 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.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
The time of their illumination was called the Spring of Arda during the Days before days.
=== Destruction ===
The pillars were cast down and their lamps broken by Melkor. Lands were broken, seas arose in tumult, and destroying flame from the broken lamps poured out over the Earth, marring it, causing the Valar to flee Middle-earth for the land of Aman, where they established the domain of Valinor. Where Illuin fell, the Sea of Helcar was formed, of which Cuiviénen was a bay.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Introduction"
== Earlier versions of the legendarium ==
In J.R.R. Tolkien's older writings (not used in the published version of The Silmarillion), the Valar sought peace with Melkor, asking his assistance with fixing the lamps upon Arda. Melkor, still envious and hateful of the rest of the Valar, agreed to give them a strong, sturdy substance. He gave Aulë ice. Melkor permitted the Valar to do as they wished until the fateful day when the Lamps' light and heat finally melted the ice. The pillars crashed upon Arda, flooding it with water and darkness.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Twee Lampe
Albanian 	Dy Llambat
Amharic 	ሁለቱ መቅረዞች
Arabic 	المصباحان
Armenian 	երկու լամպեր
Assamese 	দুটা লেম্প
Azerbaijani 	Iki Işıqlar
Basque 	Bi lanparak
Belarusian Cyrillic	дзве лямпы
Bengali 	দুটি প্রদীপ
Bhojpuri 	दू गो दीया
Bosnian 	Dva Lampe
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Две лампи
Cambodian 	ចង្កៀងពីរ
Catalan 	Dos Llums
Cebuano 	Duha ka mga lamparahan
Chinese 	两个灯
Corsican 	Dui Lampi
Croatian 	Dvije Svjetiljke
Czech 	Dvě Lampy
Danish 	To Lamper
Dogri 	दो दीये
Dutch 	Twee Lampen
Esperanto 	Du Lampoj
Estonian 	Kaks Lampi
Filipino 	Dalawang Lampara
Finnish 	Kaksi Lamppua
French 	Deux Lampes
Frisian 	Twa Lampen (Western)
Galician 	Dúas Lámpadas
Georgian 	ორი ლამპრები
German 	Zwei Leuchten
Greek 	δύο Λάμπες
Gujarati 	બે દીવા
Haitian Creole 	De Lanp
Hausa 	Biyu Fitilu
Hebrew 	שתי מנורות
Hindi 	दो दिए
Hmong 	Ob lub teeb
Hungarian 	Két Lámpák
Icelandic 	Tveir Lampar
Indonesian 	Dua Lampu
Irish Gaelic 	Dhá Lampaí
Italian 	Due Lampade
Japanese 	二つのランプ
Javanese 	Rong lampu
Kannada 	ಎರಡು ದೀಪಗಳು
Kazakh 	Екі шамдар (Cyrillic) Eki şamdar (Latin)
Konkani 	दोन दिवे
Korean 	두 개의 램프
Kurdish 	دوو چرا (Sorani) Du Lampan (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эки чырак
Laotian 	ສອງໂຄມໄຟ
Latin 	Duo Lucernas
Latvian 	Divas Lampas
Lithuanian 	Du Žibintai
Luxembourgish 	Zwou Luuchten
Macedonian Cyrillic	Две ламби
Maori 	Rama e Rua
Malagasy 	Roa lela fanaovan-jiro
Malaysian 	Dua Lampu
Malayalam 	രണ്ട് വിളക്കുകൾ
Maltese 	Żewġ Fanali
Manx 	Daa Lampyn
Marathi 	दोन दिवे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хоёр чийдэн
Nepalese 	दुई बत्ती
Norwegian 	To Lamper
Pashto 	دوه څراغونه
Persian 	دو لامپ
Polish 	Dwie Lampy
Portuguese 	Duas Lâmpadas
Punjabi 	ਦੋ ਦੀਵੇ
Romanian 	Două Lămpi
Romansh 	Lampa Dus ?
Russian 	Две лампы
Samoan 	Lamepa Lua
Scottish Gaelic 	Dà Lampaichean
Serbian 	Две лампице (Cyrillic) Dve lampice (Latin)
Shona 	Piri mwenje
Sindhi 	ٻه چراغ
Sinhalese 	පහන් දෙකක්
Slovak 	Dve Lampy
Slovenian 	Dve Svetilki
Somali 	Laba Laambadihii
Spanish 	Dos Lámparas
Swahili 	Taa Mbili
Swedish 	Två Lampor
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ду чароғҳои
Tamil 	இரண்டு விளக்குகள்
Tatar 	Ике лампа
Telugu 	రెండు దీపములు
Thai 	สองมหาชวาลา
Turkish 	Iki Lambalar
Turkmen 	Iki Çyralar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	дві лампи
Urdu 	دو چراغ
Uzbek 	Икки Лампалар (Cyrillic) Ikki Lampalar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Hai đèn
Welsh 	Dau Lampau
Xhosa 	Iibane ezimbini
Yiddish 	צוויי לאַמפּס
Yoruba 	Éjì atupa
Zulu 	Izibani Ezimbili
== References ==
Category:Objects
Category:Before the First Age
de:Leuchten der Valar, Illuin und Ormal
es:Dos lámparas
fr:Lampes des Valar
it:Due Lampade
ru:Светильники Валар
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