Helcar

Helcar (also spelled HelkarThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One) 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.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
== 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.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor" 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
== References ==
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