This meaning refers especially to traditional Scandinavian narratives about families, heroes, and historical conflicts.
The book retells an ancient Norse saga.
The saga follows several generations of warriors.
This meaning refers to an extended fictional series connected by characters, setting, or plot.
The final film completed the space saga.
Readers followed the fantasy saga for years.
This figurative meaning describes a prolonged situation involving many difficulties or developments.
The legal saga continued for ten years.
Their travel problems became an exhausting saga.