Death Sword

Death Sword is the miniboss of the Arbiter's Grounds dungeon in Twilight Princess. When Link enters the room, the Death Sword is found embedded in the ground, bound by ropes. Cutting one of the ropes binding the Death Sword will cause the evil magic within the blade to awaken and burn away the rest, thus beginning the battle. Transform into Wolf Link and use your senses to see Death Sword's Master. When it attacks and gets its sword stuck in the floor you should latch to it and start biting to make it visible. Next, you need to shoot it with arrows while it is floating in the air. Or, you can use the clawshot so you don't have to waste any ammo. It will fly in circles down at you, and you can fire another arrow at it to stun it. Otherwise, it will slash at you, so you need to dodge it and slash it with your sword. Finally you strike at his head. Repeat this and Death Sword will meet its long awaited demise.

When it's dead, claim the Spinner from the chest nearby.

It is possible that Death Sword had been executed by hanging, due to the fact that his head is slanted.