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A bardic name (Welsh: enw barddol, Cornish: hanow bardhek) is a pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall, or Brittany by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement. The Welsh term bardd ('poet') originally referred to the Welsh poets of the Middle Ages , who might be itinerant or attached to a noble household.
The monastic name is usually a single word without a first and last name. ... Bard 1st degree (after candidacy/initiation) title used by the Order of Bards, ...
The Bard (1778) by Benjamin West. In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers. For its wider definition including similar roles in other societies, see List of oral repositories .
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Hilda Bianca (portrayed by Sarah Peirse [5]) is a woman of Lake-Town, among the first to spot the dwarves as Bard leads them through the city. Percy (portrayed by Nick Blake) [5] is the gatekeeper of Lake-Town and a friend of Bard. Tilda and Sigrid (portrayed by Mary and Peggy Nesbitt respectively) are the daughters of Bard the Bowman. [6]
In the Asterix stories, many of the original French names are humorous due to their absurdity. For example, the bard is Assurancetourix (assurance tous risques or "comprehensive insurance"), the translation of which is pointless since the bard has no connection to insurance of any kind – it is the silliness that makes it humorous. To maintain ...
Her second name is a patronymic instead of a family name, ... Ben Bard: Benjamin Greenberg 1893–1974 American actor John Bardon: John Jones 1939–2014 English actor