I thought Muses were patrons of all arts. I knew modern arts like photography or cinema would be attributed by extension to a "visual arts" muse. I thought there were "classical arts" painting and writing Muses.
I just re-read about them and found the 9 muses only covered things like poetry, music, singing, tragedy, comedy, history, and astronomy.
Are there no Muses for the novelist or the painter?
The short answer for this question is no. There technically aren't Muses assigned to painting or novelists. However, that doesn't mean that they aren't governed by a God or Goddess.
Athena is known to be the Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
So if there isn't a Muse for a particular art form, Athena is your girl. Other Gods and Goddesses are also Patrons of certain art forms, like Apollo, but there is a Muse for the poetry and the song, unlike for painting.
