saga

     

The sagas (from Icelanic saga, plural sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland.

Trivia about saga

  • A long story chronicling the history of a family like the Forsytes
  • From Iceland we get this word for any heroic narrative, or for a long family story spanning 2 or more generations
  • The name of this type of heroic epic comes from the Old Norse for "story" or "saying"
  • The Laxdaela, one of these Icelandic prose epics, may be by a woman

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