Bard Eisteddfod of Wales ("Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru"). From its frequent use in Romanticism, 'The Bard' became attached as a title to various poets, From its Romanticist usage, the notion of the bard as a minstrel with qualities of a priest, magician or seer also entered the fantasy genre in the 1960s to 1980s, for example as the 'Bard' class (Dungeons & Dragons),"Bard" class (Pathfinder RPG - Paizo), "Bard" by Keith Taylor (1981), "" by Morgan Llywelyn (1984), and in video games in fantasy settings such as "The Bard's Tale" (1985). Bard In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a
Boyan (bard) Boyan (bard) Boyan is the name of a bard who was mentioned in the Rus' epic "The Lay of Igor's Campaign" as being active at the court of Yaroslav the Wise. He is apostrophized as Volos's grandson in the opening lines of "The Lay" (probably a reference to Veles as the patron of musicians). Historians have been unable to determine whether Boyan was his proper name (as Nikolai Karamzin and Fyodor Buslayev postulated) or all skalds of Rus were called "boyans" (Alexander Vostokov). Although "The Lay" is the only authentic source mentioning Boyan, his name became exceedingly popular with later