Bard are known as "the Bard of Avon" (often simply "the Bard") and "the Bard of Bengal" respectively. The word is a Celtic loan word from Scottish Gaelic "bàrd", Irish "bard", Welsh "bardd". In 16th-century Scotland, it was a derogatory term for an itinerant musician; nonetheless it was later romanticised by Sir Walter Scott. In medieval Gaelic and Welsh society, a "bard" (Scottish and Irish Gaelic) or "bardd" (Welsh) was a professional poet, employed to compose eulogies for his lord (see planxty). If the employer failed to pay the proper amount, the bard would then compose a satire (c.f. "fili", "fáith").
Bard the Bowman the 1968 BBC Radio adaptation, Bard was voiced by Peter Williams. Bard is one of the cards in Iron Crown Enterprises's 1995 Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, which is illustrated by Angelo Montanini. In Inevitable Entertainment's 2003 "Hobbit" video game, André Sogliuzzo plays Bard. He also played the part of Ugslap. In Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's 2014 "Lego The Hobbit", Luke Evans reprises his role from the live-action film series. According to John D. Rateliff, Bard could have been inspired by Wiglaf from Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf", which inspired Tolkien with many elements in the final chapters of "The Hobbit". Like Bard,