saga Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

WordNet

Sa"ga noun
Etymology
Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.
Wordforms
plural Sagas
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913