His name is also written Byrd. In his time idolatry originated, and people began to worship graven images. Some say that wicked custom began after the time of Edris, u. w. b., etc., as will be related below in detail. The Almighty Bestower of gifts vouchsafed him intelligent children, one of whom was Ekhnûh, or Enoch. Bard lived nine hundred and sixty years in this world.