heavenly realm
Where angels dwell
A heavenly realm is a domain of divine or supernatural existence, typically understood as where gods, angels, or departed souls reside.
The phrase appears in religious texts and fantasy literature to distinguish celestial spaces from earthly ones: The prophet ascended to the heavenly realm.
It suggests a place of perfection, light, and spiritual significance beyond ordinary physical reality.
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- pearly gatesOrnate doors with opalescent decoration
- empyreanCelestial sphere above
- angelic visionsPerceived heavenly beings
- choir of angelsSacred assembly of seraphs
Elysium · afterlife · great beyond · Olympus · grace · kingdom come · nirvana · Valhalla · Asgard · transcendence · higher plane · peace · salvation · eternal rest · life everlasting · firmament · throne · divine presence
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- afterlifehell, paradise, purgatory, limbo, underworld
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, New Jerusalem, heavenly city
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
- realmskingdom, domain, Hades, Nirvana, Paradise
- Japanese mythologyAmaterasu, kami, sun goddess, storm god, creation myth
heavenly realmunderworld
Realm of the departed
netherworld · hell · abyss · nether regions · Hades
heavenly realmhell
Underworld of suffering
perdition · damnation · inferno · Gehenna · lake of fire
heavenly realmearthly realm
The physical world below
mortal realm · physical world · the here and now · fallen world