Leomhi

The Leomhi people are the race from which Joshua of Nun the Aion'fal is descended. They are capable of interbreeding with humans from Sol System, given that they anciently originated from Earth, but are significantly genetically divergent from humanity to make them a separate species. 
Their ancestors are the Centaurians, the people who settled Alpha Centauri (Urantia) with the Progress Fleet.
Their civilization first appears as a coherent entity sometime during SY 630, the dating of the earliest record to use the term. A linguistic derivation is never given and it is largely taken for granted by their own historians, indicating a strong history of use in oral tradition prior to being written down. Joshua of Nun suggested in his research that the term is a corruption of the Anglatin term Leo Humus because of the presence with the creation myth of Leomhi religion that says their world was created in ten days each corresponding to ten periods of time (although whether short or long native theologians disagree) through the conflict of "bears" who adopted a wild wolf who gave birth to cubs and "the lion-hearted" who threatened the cubs; the bears gave their lives to save the wolf and her cubs, who lived off of their remains until the cubs were old enough to hunt. Joshua linked this to Earth-centric astrology: Ursa Minor points to Sirius, the North Star; Ursa Major points to Leo.
== Appearance and Physiology ==
The accelerated mutation and evolution of the Leomhi from the Centaurians is due to the presence of Nexons on the world left behind from the Lightning War.
== History ==
During the events of Daedalus, they occupy a part of a single continent on Urantia and are the single bastion of advanced civilization on the world. While genetically identical, the term is applied only to the populations of other peoples exist on other continents and are widely regarded by the Leomhi as barbarians and savages.
== Religion ==
The religion of the Leomhi from the time of fall of the original Centaurians to Joshua's return to his native planet is decidedly idolatrous, worshiping the Progress fleet that appears as a star when viewed from planetside. It is a state religion, taught and enforced throughout all aspects of society during Joshua's upbringing. It was not until Joshua's return to Urantia after the Dominion's exodus towards Earth that this religion was abolished entirely. During the journey itself, Joshua's companion Zara -- who remained on Urantia -- worked greatly to undermine the false truth of Urantian state relgion.Category:Races