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The term saga supports various uses ...

That narration similar to a epic family that extends to the knowledge of several generations and that is divided into episodes, acts or volumes is called saga. It should be noted that the epic is an epic subgenre, written mostly in a long verse or in prose, which narrates the momentous actions of a hero that have been worthy of being kept in the picture. memory from his town.

On the other hand, it is also designated by the term of saga to genderliterary that prevailed in the literaturemedieval scandinavian.
This type of work had a preeminent development between the 12th and 14th centuries and consisted of prose narrations written especially in Iceland and of anonymous origin. Among its characteristics stand out then, the narration, use of prose, the verse only appears interspersed in the main narration, the characters are mostly Icelanders and Norwegians, with characters with good and bad intentions standing out almost equally, presents a chronological order and is set in Iceland, Norway and Greenland

At present, the term saga is also used to designate those types of narratives, mostly belonging to the fictional genre, that are linked by a argument common and central. Such narratives are very common and pretended in literature and then usually have their correlate on the big screen after the pertinent adaptation. Among the most prominent contemporary sagas are: The Lord of The Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Twilight.

Another use of the word saga allows to name a family dynasty. Juan is the last of the saga of painters.

On Japan, Saga is the name of a city, capital of the city Saga Prefecture, which is located in the Kyüshü Island; It has an area of ​​431.42 square kilometers and a population of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants.

And also with the term saga the norse deity, whose meaning ranges from "the one who sees" or the "announcer".