Kuonji Sherry writes:

> 	tiger: Lime's ancestor/mother
>  	wolf: Mint's ancestor/mother (or maybe I got Lime and Mint mixed
>    up)
>  	dragon: Herb's ancestor/mother

>  There was also a reference to a spring of drowned fox, I believe.
>  (according to a legend)

Unnnn. . . I was under the impression that Lime, Mint and Herb were descended 
from animals chucked in SoD Girl.  Was I wrong?

The second one is most definitely the Japanese Nannichuan.  A most holy monk 
created it in order to get rid of some troublesome foxes.  The troublesome 
foxes were cute.  (One wrote 'Dope' on a cow's butt!  Hee, hee!)
	~Skada