Definition of: saga

(sä′gə) noun
1. A medieval Scandinavian (specifically, Icelandic) prose narrative of conventionalized form dealing with legendary or historical exploits, usually of a single hero or a single family.
2. A story, sometimes poetic, having the saga form or manner, often chronicling the history of a family, as Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga. [ON, history, narrative]