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Tlingit Haida pantheon
In Tlingit tradition, the father of Fog Woman, named in the story of her marriage to Raven and the origin of the salmon run.
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Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon appears in the Tlingit Fog Woman story as her father, establishing her as the daughter of a figure connected to fog and salmon abundance before her marriage to Raven. Public retellings of the story, including those associated with Sealaska Heritage Institute and the Alaska Native Knowledge Network, name him this way, though he does not otherwise appear as an independent character with his own separate narrative in the sources this site draws on.
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A Tlingit telling naming Fog Woman as the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon.
How Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon was venerated in ancient times
No independent ceremony or practice is recorded for this figure in the public sources this site draws on.