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In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bardwas a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland and Highland Scotland, the term bard, with the decline of living bardic tradition in the modern period, acquired generic meanings of an epic author/singer/narrator, comparable with the terms in other
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Who came to the bard's assistance thus enabling the townpeople to survive the approaching winter?
The thrush who overheard Bilbo tell the dwarves about the "soft spot" in Smaug's armor relayed this information to Bard the Bowman. (For some reason people from Bard's lineage were able to understand the language of thrushes.) Bard, using the thrush's advice, shot his black arrow into the hollow of Smaug's chest, thus killing him.
What are some good characteristics of caius Cassius?
What characteristics?
What are some characteristics of the mid-west?
Some of the characteristics of the mid-west is the ever busy population who are always on the move.
What do you call a medieval poet?
A bard, I believe.
Did john baird have a family?
John Logie Baird did have a family: Elizabeth Logier (mum) John Bard (dad) Janet Bard (sister) James Logie (brother)
What nicknames does Max Bard go by?
Max Bard goes by The Ghost, Magic Bard, Bard Productions, and Magic Bard.
What were Shakespeare's nicknames?
He was known as England's national poet or the Bard of Avon. Today he is often known as the Common Bard.
Is Bard the Bowman known by any other name?
He is also known as Bard of Girion (Girion was an ancestor of Bard.) Bard of Esgaroth (Esgaroth is Laketown), Bard the Dragon-Shooter and as King of Dale
What is the birth name of Josh Bard?
Josh Bard's birth name is Joshua David Bard.
What was William Shakespeare nickname?
People call him the bard or the Bard of Avon, but they didn't call him that when he was alive. He was called the Swan of Avon shortly after his death, but that was probably poetry. His friends probably called him Will.The Bard of Avon.
What titles do people use in reference to William Shakespeare?
Sometimes people call him the Bard of Avon. Sometimes that just becomes The Bard. "Bard" is a word that means "poet".England's National Poet, Bard of Avon, or The Bard.
Where was Bard from in The Hobbit?
Bard was born and lived in Laketown.
How was shakespeare time called?
The Bard.
Why is shakespeare nicknamed The Bard?
"Bard" means "poet" and Shakespeare is the poet par excellence.
What word beginning with'b'is Shakespeare often referred to as?
Shakespeare is often called the Bard of Avon.
Who were some of the fierce guardians in The Hobbit?
Elvenking, king of under the montains, and bard
When was Jason Bard created?
Jason Bard was created in 1969.
