SAGA

Sa″ga (sā″gȧ), n.; pl. Sagas (–gȧz). [[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.