i am saying he was being credited with the death of ppl that died in war through out the world as if he had killed them himself which he did not imo.. but it is given to him since he is suppose to be the god of war the physical manifestation of war and just for your information marvel gods at least some of them are in part a physical manifestation of the human psyche.. Ares being one of them violence and rage..
without humans they can lose power and possibly cease to exist..
this was touched upon in an old comic with thor and hercules 1st battle in ancient time.. Zeus and Odin iirc told their sons that as well..
both herc and thor were being somewhat powered by their followers faith in them..
anyways even mjonlir was powered and retained its power gained by faith of humans and was used by thor to repel dracula since it was and is considered a holy symbol