To wield absolute power over life and death, and the authority to grant or seize anything; to have supreme control over others' fates.
在古老的传说中，某些神明被认为拥有对凡人生死予夺的无上权力。
In ancient legends, certain deities were believed to possess supreme power over the lives and deaths of mortals, capable of bestowing life or taking it away.
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