 They have compared him both to other proud Tolkien characters such as Fëanor and Túrin Turambar, and to medieval heroes like Roland, who also blew a horn in battle and was killed in the wilderness.His boat-funeral, too, has been likened to Scyld Scefing's ship-burial in "Beowulf".Boromir appears in animated and live-action films of "Lord of the Rings", and in radio and television versions.