Category:Entering heaven alive

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Articles related to the religious and folkloric motif of someone entering Heaven, without actually dying. The event is depicted in narratives as exceptional, and usually is viewed as a sign of a deity‘s special recognition of the individual’s piety.

In English, the action is variously rendered as “ascension”, “assumption”, or “translation”.

See also: Category:Katabasis

Subcategories

This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.

A

•  Ascension of Jesus‎ (1 C, 16 P)
•  Assumption of Mary‎ (1 C, 10 P)

B

•  Baruch ben Neriah‎ (8 P)

D

•  Dormition of the Mother of God‎ (29 P)

E

•  Elijah‎ (2 C, 30 P)
•  Enoch (ancestor of Noah)‎ (2 C, 12 P)

J

•  Jesus in Islam‎ (14 P)

P

•  Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus)‎ (6 P)

R

•  Rapture‎ (2 C, 6 P)

Pages in category “Entering heaven alive”

The following 36 pages are in this category. This list may not reflect recent changes.

• Entering heaven alive

A

• Apollonius of Tyana
• Al-Aqsa
• Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Ascended master
• Ascension of Jesus
• Assumption of Mary
• Assumption of the Virgin Mary in art

B

• Baruch ben Neriah
• The Book of Giants
• Book of Muhammad’s Ladder

D

• Deiparae Virginis Mariae
• Dome of the Rock
• Dormition of the Mother of God

E

• Elijah
• En-men-dur-ana
• Enoch

F

• First Epistle to the Thessalonians

G

• Ganymede (mythology)

I

• Idris (prophet)
• Isra’ and Mi’raj

J

• Jesus in Islam

K

• Kitab al-Miraj

L

• Lilith

M

• Muhammad
• Munificentissimus Deus

N

• Nicene Creed

P

• Pardes (legend)
• Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus)

R

• Rapture

S

• Serah
• Shitil
• Count of St. Germain

T

• Translation (Mormonism)

Y

• Yudhishthira

Z

• Zion (Latter Day Saints)

 

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• Flight folklore
• Heaven
• Recurring elements in folklore