Bard oral history committed to memory and transmitted by bards and filid. Bards facilitated the memorisation of such materials by the use of metre, rhyme and other formulaic poetic devices. One of the most notable bards in Irish Mythological was Amergin Glúingel, he was bard, druid and judge for the Milesians. In medieval Ireland, bards were one of two distinct groups of poets, the other being the "fili". According to the Early Irish law text on status, "Uraicecht Becc", bards were a lesser class of poets, not eligible for higher poetic roles as described above. However, it has also been argued
Bard the Bowman Bard was voiced by John Stephenson. Stephenson also voiced the Dwarf Dori and The Great Goblin. In the 1985 Russian television film, Bard (or "Berd") was played by Boris Sokolov. In Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film series, Welsh actor Luke Evans portrays Bard, appearing in the latter two films of the trilogy, "" (2013) and "" (2014). Evans was cast in June 2011. Bob Strauss of "Los Angeles Daily News" felt that Evans' portrayal managed to expand on the character, while Erik Kain of "Forbes" felt that his portrayal was "solid", but was "never given quite enough breathing room". In