FelinidThe Guardians
Cat-headed beings run from Egyptian Bastet and Sekhmet to the 'Lyran feline' lineage of modern channelled cosmology, where they are cast as one of the oldest humanoid families. The Atlas records the Felinid as folklore fused with contactee lore.
At a glance
- Home system
- Various (Lyra in lore)
- Avg. height
- 5′11″ – 7′10″
- Appearance
- Feline features, fur, slit pupils
- Reported lifespan
- 300 – 700 years (lore)
- Social structure
- Described as clan-based
- Technology
- Described as ancient and refined
- Primary traits
- Agile, protective, proud
- Relationship to Earth
- Described as allied in some accounts
Physical profile
The Felinid combines a human body with feline features: a cat's ears, slit pupils, fur or fur-like markings, and in some renderings whiskers or a tail. Channelled sources describe the type as lithe, athletic and graceful, with golden, tawny or spotted colouring. The face ranges from fully feline to human with cat-like eyes and ears, and XenoAtlas uses the latter, the 'Lyran feline' of the literature, as its reference.
Reported origin
Channelled cosmology places the feline lineage among the earliest Lyran peoples, one of the primordial humanoid families from which later human-like races descended. The placement is mythological. In the older layer of the lore, the feline being is simply the cat-headed goddess of Egypt, Bastet or Sekhmet, remembered as a visitor.
Culture
Clan-based, honour-bound and protective in the channelled material, with the beings cast as guardians and warriors of the benevolent alliance.
Technology
Described as ancient and refined, without specifics.
Craft
Not described.
Communication
Telepathic in the channelled sources.
Earth encounters
There are no witness cases. The Felinid draws on Egyptian iconography, where Bastet was worshipped from the Second Dynasty and Sekhmet was the fierce protector of Ra, and on the 1990s channelled literature that folded cat-people into the Lyran origin story.
Lore & history
Feline deities are among the oldest in the record, and the Felinid is that lineage in a starship. XenoAtlas classes it as contactee lore and folklore.
Bastet's cult centre at Bubastis drew huge festivals, and cats were mummified in their hundreds of thousands. Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess of war and plague, had over six hundred statues raised at Karnak by Amenhotep III alone. The Felinid remembers both, gentle and fierce, which is why the lore casts it as a guardian.
Source notes
- Egyptian feline deities; channelled Lyran cosmology · folklore / spiritual lore
- Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest, The Prism of Lyra (1989) · channelled literatureFind on Amazon
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