sagas

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Saga \Sa"ga\ (s[=a]"g[.a]), n.; pl. {Sagas} (-g[.a]z). [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.
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         And then the blue-eyed Norseman told
         A saga of the days of old.               --Longfellow.
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