God Of War: 8 Weirdest Enemies (And What They Represent)

6. Tatzelwurms

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One of the more monstrous enemies to crop up in battle, tatzelwurms are part-lizard, part-cat, embellished with a poisonous barb on their tails or in their throats to shoot horrible green phlegm at anyone that gets too close. Interestingly enough, these are pulled straight from mythology - a representation reinforced by real-life sightings in Europe as early as the 1700s - with little change.

Paying homage to the heart-attack inducing fright one man endured after witnessing the creature, the tatzelwurms of God of War can burrow underground and appear at will, popping up to disastrous consequences if not blocked quickly enough. The monsters are also a staple feature of the journey up the mountain, reinforcing their real-life origin homeland of the Alps.

All in all though, considering Kratos sees his dual heritage with the Gods as a monstrous conception, the tatzelwurms combination of two normal creatures into something entirely terrifying - and importantly filled with rage, if their aggression is anything to go by - feels like a mirroring of our protagonist's internal perception of himself. Not quite one or the other and condemned to a life of violence, as well as being poisonous to those around them, the two have more in common than it might seem on the surface.

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