# The High Muses — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> The High Muses in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Muses

**First appearance:** 0026-alone-the-immortals

## Who they are

The mythological muses, invoked or appearing in tales.

## Relationships

### [The Hare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_hare)

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The Hare and the High Muses share a fleeting acquaintance, with the Hare occasionally inspiring or annoying them.

### [The Hare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_hare)

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The Hare and the High Muses share a fleeting acquaintance, with the Hare occasionally inspiring or annoying them.

## In the story

### [The Return of Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-return-of-song)

Implied as the gods who receive the returning swans and the gift of song.

### [The Messengers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-messengers)

The Muses repeatedly send messengers with carved tokens to the Golden Town, and later call the narrator despite his protests.

## Links

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