Bard (disambiguation)

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A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers.

Bard, The Bard or Bård may also refer to:

Role-playing

• Bard (character class)
  • Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons
  • Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
  • Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

People

• Bard (surname)
• Bård, Norwegian given name and surname

Nicknames

• The Bard of Avon or the Bard, William Shakespeare
• The Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard, Robert Burns

Places

• Bard, Loire, France
• Bard, Iran, in Mazandaran Province, Iran
• Bard, Ardabil, in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
• Bard, California, United States

Music

• The Bard (Sibelius), a tone poem by Jean Sibelius
• Bard (album), an album by Big Big Train
• Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band

Literature

• Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a novel by Morgan Llywelyn
• Bard, a series of novels by Keith Taylor
• "The Bard", a poem by Thomas Gray

Fictional characters

• Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit
• Beedle the Bard, an author of Fairy Tales in the Harry Potter series
• Bard, the main character in The Bard's Tale

Other uses

• Bard (Soviet Union), popular poets and singers who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment
• The Bard (American horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• The Bard (GB horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
• "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
• Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• Bard College at Simon's Rock, an "early college" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

See also

• Bard Gapi, Iran
• Bard Kheymeh, Iran
• Bard-e Ghamchi, Iran
• BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm
• C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment
• Barding
• The Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke
• The Bard of the Yukon, Robert W. Service
• The Great Bard, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair

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