Raven and the Fog Woman (Tlingit)

myth · United States · North American

Raven wanted to marry and went to the chief called Fog-Over-The-Salmon, who had a young daughter. The chief agreed but made Raven promise to treat her with respect. They married and lived contentedly through summer and fall, but winter brought famine. Raven's wife began making a basket, and despite Raven's testy comments, she completed it. The next morning she washed her hands in the basket and salmon appeared, the first salmon ever created. Every day she did this and their house was soon full of drying salmon. But Raven forgot his good fortune and quarreled with his wife daily. In a rage, he

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