The Assumption of the Virgin is a well-known legend about the death and being taken up to heaven (sometimes called the “translation”) of Mary, the mother of Jesus. None of the existing versions of this story were written before the fourth century AD. Most of them come from Egypt.
In the Coptic (Egyptian Christian) versions, Jesus himself appears to Mary before the apostles leave for their missionary journeys. Jesus announces her coming death and translation. In the other version, it is an angel who makes the announcement.
Mary asks to see all the apostles before she dies. The apostles are miraculously brought to her on the clouds. When Mary dies, her body is changed (transfigured), and many people are healed when they touch her body. Soon after her death, Jesus carries her body to heaven.
There was renewed interest in this legend when the Roman Catholic Church made “The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin” part of its official doctrine in 1950.