Pandora's Guardian

The Hades Minotaur, AKA Pandora's Guardian is one of the Guardians in Pardora's Temple and serves as one of the bosses in God of War.

Appearance
Hades Minotaur is a 20 foot tall undead minotaur. It wears armor to protect itself. When the armor is destroyed the minotaur is skinny, fleshless, and undead.

Gameplay
When Kratos was searching for Pandora's Box, he had to pass three complicated tests. After Kratos manage to unlock the door to complete the final test, he encounters the Pandora's Guardian. It attacks Kratos by ramming into Kratos, swinging it's large arms around, and attempts to engulf Kratos in lava. When Kratos attacks The Guardian, steam starts to come out of the armor. When all six of the holes are spewing out steam, Kratos wraps the Blades of Chaos onto the Guardian and slams down the Minotaur, knock it out. Kratos then process by shooting a flaming spear into the Guardian.

Kratos does this several times, until the Guardian's armor and helmet fall off. Doing so the Guardian becomes vulnerable to Kratos' Blades. After the Guardian get's knocked out, Kratos shoots out a flamming spear one more time. The spear rams into the Guardian's chest, killing the guardian, but also forced it to kick a hole on the door so Kratos can pass through.

Trivia

 * The skeleton of Hades Minotaur is seen in throne of the God of War.
 * The Hades Minotaur is one of the few bosses that begin to decay and rot when it dies.