[Yaksha]
Celestial disembodied beings who are believed to inhabit secluded places.
▵ Yakshaswaroopa
Shiva himself has always been described as a yakshaswaroopa. Yaksha means a celestial being. A celestial being means someone who came from elsewhere. Somewhere over 15,000 years ago, Shiva arrived at Manasarovar, which is a lake in Tibet. It is one of the remnants of the Tethys Sea, which is considered as a crucible of human civilizations. Today, it is at almost 15,000 feet above mean sea level, but it is actually an ocean which has moved up and become a lake now.
▵ Shiva’s Ganas – Demented or Celestial? (Isha)