Kinnara

(“What, Man?”) Mythical creatures
described as either having the head of a
horse and the body of a human being, or
the head of a human being and the body
of a horse. The Kinnaras are described as
servants of Kubera, a minor deity.
Kubera is one of the Guardians of the
Directions, a group of eight deities
believed to rule the cardinal and intermediate directions. He is the ruler over
the northern direction, and thus identified as living in the Himalayas, where
the Kinnaras also live. The Kinnaras are
usually considered identical to the
mythical creatures known as the
Kimpurushas.