Musai

Musai
Other languages:	German: Musai Hungarian: Múzsa Russian Муза Spanish: Musai
Notables:	Καλλιοπη (Kalliopê) Κλειω (Kleiô) Ερατω (Eratô) Μελπομενη (Melpomenê) Ουρανιη (Ouraniê) Πολυμνια (Polymnia) Ευτερπη (Euterpê) Τερψιχορη (Terpsikhorê) Θαλεια (Thaleia) Khloe Sedgwick  Rachel

A Musai (moo-ZY-ee; ancient Gr. Μοῦσαι "Muses") is a muse-like Wesen that appeared in "Kiss of the Muse".

Characteristics

When a Musai woges, their hair turns red and their skin turns shiny bluish-green. Musai have large, deep blue eyes and long pointed ears similar to those of elves. The lips of the Musai secrete a psychotropic substance, making its kiss to be known as euphoric and addictive as any narcotic known to man. Once a relationship has been established and sealed with a kiss, it always ends in madness, destruction, and death. Should a Grimm be kissed by a Musai, the effects of her kiss will begin to affect them much faster than anyone else.

It's possible for the kiss of a Musai to be mistaken for the influence of a Hexenbiest. ("Kiss of the Muse")

Behavior

Similar to Ziegevolk with women, Musai don't seem to try to hide the influence that they have over men. They also don't feel guilty about the death and destruction that they cause thinking that they have done nothing wrong. They believe that a short, artistic, and passionate life is better than living a long life with untapped potential. They are passionate about art and target artists or those with untapped creative potential such as authors or composers. They claim to be able to sense untapped power in people, which is what draws them to their victims. They normally target one victim at a time and once their first victim ends up dead or insane after creating masterpieces, they move on to their next target. The relationship between the Musai and their victim causes the victim to become obsessive, willing to kill or die to be with her. The only way to cure the effects of a Musai's kiss is with true love.

Like many Wesen they fear Grimms. However, they have no problems manipulating them if a Grimm falls under their influence.

Excerpt from Grimm Diaries

The kiss of the Musai is as euphoric and addictive as any narcotic known to man. And once begun, the relationship always end in madness, destruction and death...

13 January, 1889

I was called in by an artist acquaintance of mine whose name is Gauguin. The night before he had been accosted with a razorblade by another artist friend of his by the name of Van Gogh. Gauguin is worried that his friend is under the pernicious influence of a prostitute. He assigned me the task of discovering what kind of witch this Rachel was. I was loathe to discover that this trollop was no Hexenbiest but a Musai, and although she may have been Van Gogh's greatest inspiration for some time, her influence was starting to take its toll, causing him to cut off his own ear. I returned the favor and instead of taking off her clothes, I took off her head.

The Musai have been known to be great sources of inspiration to talented individuals, especially artists.

Their presence and kiss enhances the artist's inherent abilities to extreme heights. However their influence also seems to take its toll and come with a price.

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Trivia

• The Musai appears to be based upon the Leannán Sidhe, creatures of Irish mythology who give artists the ability to create emotional works of art in exchange for the artists' devotion, feeding on the artist's life and fanatical devotion– driving the artist to madness and sometimes death.
• Musai are named for the Greco-Roman Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts who inspire artists, but the similarity ends there, as mortals simply prayed to them for inspiration. Musai is technically a plural, the singular in Ancient Greek being Romanized as "Musa".

See Also

• Grimm Diaries excerpt
• Kiss of the Musai

Season 2 Appearances
"Bad Teeth": X	"The Kiss": X	"Bad Moon Rising": X	"Quill": X	"The Good Shepherd": X	"Over My Dead Body": X	"The Bottle Imp": X	"The Other Side": X	"La Llorona": X	"The Hour of Death": X	"To Protect and Serve Man": X
"Season of the Hexenbiest": X	"Face Off": X	"Natural Born Wesen": X	"Mr. Sandman": X	"Nameless": X	"One Angry Fuchsbau": X	"Volcanalis": X	"Endangered": X	"Kiss of the Muse": ✓	"The Waking Dead": X	"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm": X

Wesen in Grimm
Accipitrid Wesen	Barbatus Ossifrage, Geier, Steinadler
Amphibian Wesen	Folterseele
Bovine Wesen	Fuilcré, Heftigauroch, Taureus-Armenta
Canine Wesen	Anubis, Apgadnieks, Blutbad, Coyotl, Höllentier, Hundjäger, Inugami, Luison, Schakal, Wældreór, Wildesheer
Caprine Wesen	Krampus, Seelengut, Ziegevolk
Cathartid Wesen	Raub-Kondor
Cetancodont Wesen	Taweret
Chelicerate Wesen	Spinnetod
Chelonian Wesen	Genio Innocuo
Chimeric Wesen	Manticore, Naiad, Wettbewerbsgewinner
Chiropteran Wesen	Murciélago
Dinosaur Wesen	Glühenvolk
Falconid Wesen	Uhranuti
Feline Wesen	Klaustreich, Weten Ogen
Hexapod Wesen	Ataktos Fuse, Gevatter Tod, Jinnamuru Xunte, Kackenkopf, Mellifer, Musasat Alsh-Shabab
Lagomorpha Wesen	Willahara
Lepidosauromorphan Wesen	Furis Rubian, Königschlange, Lausenschlange, Phansigar, Quijada Vil, Skalengeck, Varme Tyv, Wasser Zahne
Lutrine Wesen	Luisant-Pêcheur
Machairodontine Wesen	Mauvais Dentes
Meline Wesen	Drang-Zorn
Mustelid Wesen	Ungeziefer Greifer
Osteichthyan Wesen	Cracher-Mortel, Hasenfussige Schnecke, Matança Zumbido, Unnamed Red Herring-like Wesen
Pantherine Wesen	Balam, Löwen, Pflichttreue, Yaguaraté
Passeriform Wesen	Seltenvogel
Perissodactyl Wesen	Dickfellig, Nuckelavee
Primate Wesen	Alpe, Aswang, Cupiditas, El Cucuy, El Cuegle, Excandesco, Fuchsteufelwild, Hässlich, Hexenbiest, Indole Gentile, Koschie, Musai, Siegbarste, Wendigo, Wildermann, Zerstörer
Pseudosuchian Wesen	Gelumcaedus, Skalenzahne
Rodent Wesen	Eisbiber, Mauzhertz, Reinigen, Riesen-Ratte, Stangebär
Sauropsidans Wesen	Dämonfeuer
Spiralian Wesen	Gedächtnis Esser, Huntha Lami Muuaji, Lebensauger
Strigiform Wesen	Scharfblicke
Suinan Wesen	Bauerschwein, Malin Fatal, Schinderdiv
Ursid Wesen	Jägerbar
Vulpine Wesen	Fuchsbau, Kitsune, Vulpesmyrca