Definitions for: Saga

[n] a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

Webster (1913) Definition: Sa"ga (s[=a]"g[.a]), n.; pl. Sagas (-g[.a]z). [Icel.,
akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]
A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among
the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular
historical or religious tale of olden time.

And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days
of old. --Longfellow.

See Also: adventure story, heroic tale

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