People regarded the various natural forces as imbued with divine power, as in some sense divinities themselves.

古人们把各种自然力量,都赋予了神的色彩，有时，对自己的认识也如此。

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No divine evil agents. Again, in the pagan worldview the primordial womb spawns all sorts of beings, all kinds of divinities, good and evil that are in equal strength.

没有带有灵力的邪恶化身，同时，在异教的世界观中,万物孕育于一个原始的发源地，所有的神，善神和恶神，都具有相同的能力。

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They're not in themselves, however, divinities: They are merely God's creations.

但神不存在于它们本身当中：,他们只是上帝的创造物。

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