The fili, plural filid, filidh, was a member of an elite class of poets in Ireland, and later Scotland, up until the Renaissance. The filid were believed to have the power of divination, and therefore able to foresee, foretell, predict – important events.
An Ollaimh Righ at the coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots, 1249.
Footprint used in king-making ceremonies, Dunadd
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
The Bard (1778) by Benjamin West
The Bard (c. 1817), by John Martin
William Blake's hand painted engraving of his poem "The Voice of the Ancient Bard" in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience