<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.</li><li>any narrative or legend of heroic exploits.</li><li>Synonyms: history, tale, epic.</li><li>Also called saga novel.</li><li>a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative.</li><li>a dramatic history of a group, place, industry, etc.: the saga of the transcontinental railroad.</li><li>any very long story with dramatic events or parts: the sad saga of her life in poverty.</li></ul>