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   saga

   /ˈsɑːɡə/

   noun

   • 1. a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic: "a figure straight out of a Viking saga" Similar epicchroniclelegendfolk taleromancetraditional storyhistorynarrativeadventurefairy storymythroman-fleuve
   • 2. a long, involved story, account, or series of incidents: "launching into the saga of her engagement" Similar rigmarolestorylengthy story/statement/explanationchain of eventscatalogue of disastersinformal:spielpalaver

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Old Norse, literally ‘narrative’; related to saw3.

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