# Fifty-One Tales — Character guide

> Key figures in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

- [Unknown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The unnamed narrator or focal character, present throughout many tales.
- [Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/death.md): Personification of death, appears in multiple tales as a character.
- [Pan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/pan.md): The god Pan, central figure in tales of his death and tomb.
- [Odysseus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/odysseus.md): The Greek hero, appears in a tale with Death.
- [Charon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/charon.md): The ferryman of the dead, appears in his own tale.
- [The Hare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_hare.md): The boastful hare from the fable, appears in a true history tale.
- [The Tortoise](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_tortoise.md): The slow but steady tortoise from the fable.
- [Winter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/winter.md): Personification of winter, appears as a character in tales.
- [Spring](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/spring.md): Personification of spring, appears in town and other tales.
- [The North Wind](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_north_wind.md): Personified wind, appears in wind and fog tale.
- [Mother Earth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/mother_earth.md): Personification of Earth, speaks with the poet.
- [Time](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/time.md): Personification of time, appears in several tales.
- [Fame](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/fame.md): Personification of fame, appears as a character.
- [Notoriety](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/notoriety.md): Personification of notoriety, appears alongside fame.
- [Helen of Troy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/helen_of_troy.md): The legendary beauty, appears in a tale.
- [King Seti](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/king_seti.md): Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, appears in a tale.
- [Puritan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/puritan.md): A Puritan figure, appears as a character in a tale.
- [Thlūnrāna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/thlunrana.md): A mysterious entity or place, appears in a tale of enemy arrival.
- [Furrow-Maker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/furrow_maker.md): A personified figure, appears in his own tale.
- [The High Muses](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_high_muses.md): The mythological muses, invoked or appearing in tales.

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