Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying

Motif

Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Immortality. · view the constellation · filed as D1856

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

GreekFox 53 (Amphiaraos)
HebrewGenesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11
U.S.Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Immortality. (Cf. D1346.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Hero (saint) taken to Paradise (Heaven) alive Three Nephites are granted quasi-immortal state by Jesus Christ at time of resurrection. (Cf. V294.)

Filed beside it

Immortality useless without eternal youth Woman changes into an immortal Immortality bestowed Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die Giant immortal so long as he touches land of his birth Time of death postponed. (Cf. D1345, D1857.)Magic longevity

Travels with

Man goes to heaven without dying. (Cf. D1856, F2.)

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