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The days of the Lamps of the Valar by Bmosig.
The Years of the Lamps, known also as the Spring of Arda, was the first of the three great time-periods of Arda.
History
After the Valar entered Arda, they found it flat and lifeless with no distinct geographical features. The initial shape of Arda, chosen by the Valar, was of a symmetrical continent. Needing light, the Valar found and collected the misty light veiled on the barren ground. The Valar concentrated this light into two large lamps, Illuin and Ormal. Then the Vala Aulë forged great towers: one in the north, Helcar, and another in the south, Ringol - and the world was lit by the two lamps, positioned upon the towers in the north and south, one in the continents, the other in the oceans. The Valar dwelt in the middle of the world where the light of the lamps mingled, at the island of Almaren in the middle of a Great Lake. But Almaren was not the only kingdom built in this time. Far to the north, the evil Maia spirits gathered and Melkor entered Arda.
In secret, while the Valar rested from their labours, Melkor raised the vast Iron Mountains and built his fortress Utumno. The era of the lamps came to an end when Melkor assailed and destroyed the Two Lamps and Arda was again darkened, and the lamps' fall spoiled the perfect symmetry of Arda's surface. Afterwards four main continents were created: Aman in the far West, Middle-earth in the middle, Land of the Sun in the far East, and the Dark Land in the far South. At the site where the northern lamp was later the inland Sea of Helcar, of which Cuiviénen was a bay. Afterwards, the Valar settled in Aman and created the Two Trees and the Years of the Trees began.
The time of the Lamps spanned a total of 1600 Valian Years, some 15,331.2 Years of the Sun.
Timeline
| Year | Events |
|---|---|
| 3400 | Tulkas weds Nessa.
Melkor passes over the Walls of the Night.[1] |
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Jaar van die Lampe |
| Albanian | Vitet të llambave |
| Amharic | መብራቶቹን ዓመታት |
| Arabic | سنوات المصابيح |
| Armenian | Տարիների ընթացքում լամպեր |
| Azerbaijani | Lampalar İllər |
| Basque | Lanparen urteak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Года лямпаў |
| Bengali | আলো বছর |
| Bosnian | Godinama lampe |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | години на лампите |
| Cambodian | ឆ្នាំនៃការចង្កៀងនេះ |
| Catalan | Any de les Làmpades |
| Cebuano | Mga tuig sa mga lampara |
| Chinese | 多年的灯具 |
| Corsican | Anni di u Lampi |
| Croatian | Godina svjetiljki |
| Czech | Roky lamp |
| Danish | Årene af lamperne |
| Dutch | Jaar van de Lampen |
| Esperanto | Jaroj de la Lampoj |
| Estonian | Aasta Lambid |
| Fijian | Na yabaki ni cina |
| Filipino | Taon ng Lampara |
| Finnish | Vuosia lamppuja |
| French | Années des Lampes |
| Frisian | Jierren fan de Lampen |
| Galician | Anos das Lámpadas |
| Georgian | ლამპრების წლები |
| German | Zeitalter vor den Tagen |
| Greek | Έτη των Φανών |
| Gujarati | લેમ્પના વર્ષો |
| Haitian Creole | Ane nan lanp yo |
| Hawaiian | Makahiki o na kukui |
| Hebrew | שנים של המנורות |
| Hindi | दीपक का साल |
| Hungarian | A Lámpások kora |
| Icelandic | Ár af lampanna |
| Indonesian | Tahun lampu |
| Irish Gaelic | Bliain de na Lampaí |
| Italian | Anni delle Lampade |
| Japanese | 灯火の時代 |
| Kannada | ಲ್ಯಾಂಪ್ಸ್ ವರ್ಷಗಳ |
| Kazakh | Жылдар шамдары (Cyrillic) Jıldar şamdarı (Latin) |
| Korean | 램프의 해 |
| Kurdish | Salan ji Qendîlên (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Чырактарынын Жылдар |
| Laotian | ປີຂອງໂຄມໄຟໄດ້ ? |
| Latvian | Gadi Lukturu |
| Lithuanian | Metų žibintų |
| Luxembourgish | Joer vum Luuchte |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Години од Лампи |
| Malagasy | Taona ny lela fanaovan-jiro ? |
| Malaysian | Tahun daripada Lampu |
| Maltese | Snin tal-lampi |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Чийдэн жил |
| Nepalese | यस दीपक को वर्ष ? |
| Norwegian | År av Lamper |
| Pashto | د کلونو کلونو د څراغونو ? |
| Persian | سال از لامپ |
| Polish | Era Latarń |
| Portuguese | Anos de Lâmpadas |
| Punjabi | ਲੈਂਪ ਦੇ ਸਾਲ |
| Romanian | De ani de la Lămpi |
| Russian | Эпоха Светильников |
| Serbian | Година од лампе (Cyrillic) Godina od lampe (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Lilemo tsa mabone |
| Sindhi | جي چٽڻ جو سال |
| Sinhalese | පහන් වසර |
| Slovak | Roky lamp |
| Slovenian | Letih svetilk |
| Spanish | Año de las Lámparas |
| Sudanese | Taun ti lampu |
| Swahili | Miaka ya Taa |
| Swedish | år av lamporna |
| Tahitian | Te matahiti o te mau lamepa |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сол аз чароғҳои |
| Tamil | விளக்குகள் ஆண்டுகள் |
| Telugu | దీపాలు సంవత్సరాల |
| Thai | ะยุคแห่งชวาลา |
| Turkish | Lambalar Çağı |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Роки Ламп |
| Urdu | لیمپ کی سال |
| Uzbek | Йоритгичлар ва лампалар йил (Cyrillic) Yoritgichlar va lampalar yil (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | tuổi của các loại đèn |
| Welsh | Blynyddoedd y Lampiau |
| Xhosa | Zeminyaka ye Izibane |
| Yiddish | יאר פון די לאַמפּס |