Bucentaur vs. Mythical — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bucentaur and Mythical
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Bucentaur
The bucentaur ( bew-SEN-tor; bucintoro in Italian and Venetian) was the state barge of the doges of Venice. It was used every year on Ascension Day (Festa della Sensa) up to 1798 to take the doge out to the Adriatic Sea to perform the "Marriage of the Sea" – a ceremony that symbolically wedded Venice to the sea.
Mythical
Of or existing in myth
The mythical unicorn.
Bucentaur
A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
Mythical
Imaginary; fictitious.
Bucentaur
A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.
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Mythical
Often mythic Of, relating to, or having the nature of a myth
A novel of profound, almost mythic consequence.
Bucentaur
A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
Mythical
Existing in myth.
Bucentaur
The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
Mythical
(by extension) Not real; false or fabricated.
Mythical
Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity;
Mythical centaurs
The fabulous unicorn
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