Were the monarchs who said they were powerful or divine ever

their superhuman ability was that anyone who publicly doubted their divinity was arrested and executed

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that is a display of power

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It was common for monarchs to make public appearances blessing and distributing small favors and trinkets that were said to bring good luck.

My grandmother said her grandmother used to tell her stories about how priests used to do spoopy magic tricks after mass to convince people they were really in contact with the divine. Maybe that.