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The Elder Days by Bmosig

The days of the Lamps of the Valar, by Bmosig

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.[1]

The time of their illumination was called the Spring of Arda during the Days before days.

Melkor destroys the lamps

Melkor destroying the Lamps of the Valar, by William Thomy

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.[1] Where Illuin fell, the Sea of Helcar was formed, of which Cuiviénen was a bay.[2]

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.[citation needed]

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[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Introduction"
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