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''Saga'' is originally an Old Norse word meaning “story” or “epic tale”. It has immigrated into English by way of Literature/TheIcelandicSagas, which were first translated into English in the 19th century.[[labelnote:Etymology ramble]] [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfEnglish Old English]] had the equivalent cognate ''sagu'', but this word morphed into ''saw'' “saying”, as in ''old wife’s saws'', and is terribly obsolete. [[/labelnote]]

Since then, “saga” in English has the meaning of a long, [[TheEpic epic]] story, sometimes with the subtext “long-winded”.

Titles containing "Saga" most often come in the format "(The) X Saga" (the article is optional). X is sometimes the protagonist, but can be practically anything -- though usually a proper name or a noun. “Saga” is simply attached at the end, treating the whole title as a compound term.

In the original Norse sagas, there was always a genitive case involved -- mostly of the type " saga" or "Saga of ".

A third, rare variant is "(The) Saga" (not always clearly distinguishable from the first type).

This kind of title usually lampshades that the work is a series of more-than-average length and/or has a considerable number of instalments.

Compare TheLegendOfX.

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!! Examples of the ''The X Saga'' type:
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Each of the ''Manga/{{Dragonball}} Z'' {{Story Arc}}s is titled a saga, such as the ''Saiyan Saga'', the ''Namek Saga'', the ''Cell Saga'', the ''Buu Saga''; among the shorter ones are ''Androids Saga'', ''Garlic Jr Saga'' and the ''Great Saiyaman Saga''.
* ''Manga/ExcelSaga''
* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula SAGA'', the third OVA in the series.
* ''Franchise/KerberosSaga''
* ''Manga/MazinSaga''
* ''Manga/MermaidSaga''
* ''Manga/VinlandSaga''
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'':
** An interesting case in that it originally referred to the prefecture in Japan, but due to a lucky case of InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike, it works here too.
** Every episode title has the word "Saga" incorporated somewhere.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'', starring ComicBook/SpiderMan.
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', starring the ComicBook/XMen.
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[[folder:Fan Fics]]
* ''FanFic/TheNewLivesSaga''
* ''FanFic/SanzaSalazarSaga''
* ''FanFic/TheUnitySaga''
* ''Fanfic/TheUrthbloodSaga''
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]'', the film version of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books.
* ''Film/FuriosaAMadMaxSaga'', the prequel to ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The full title of ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth'' (both the book and the film) is ''Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000''.
* Literature/TheBedwynSaga
* ''Literature/CommonwealthSaga''
* ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' by Creator/MichaelMoorcock.
* ''Literature/TheForerunnerSaga'', a trilogy of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' novels set roughly 100,000 years before the games.
* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga'' by John Galsworthy (written 1906-21) shows that this type is at least as old as the early 20th century.
* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga''
* ''Literature/GreatAltaSaga''
* The ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series has "The Xth book in the Tarl Cabot Saga" or "the Saga of Counter-Earth" on the covers, but it's not part of the official title.
* ''Literature/HeecheeSaga''
* ''Literature/TheLightlarkSaga''
* ''Literature/MaradoniaSaga''
* ''Literature/SeafortSaga''
* ''Literature/SynergenesisSaga''
* ''Literature/TheTransallSaga''
* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''
* ''Literature/TheWingfeatherSaga''
* Books three through seven of ''Literature/TheWitcher'' series are known collectively as ''Blood of the Elves Saga''.
* ''Literature/TheDragonWarsSaga''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/The7thSaga''
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed: The Kenway Saga''
* ''VideoGame/BitTrip Saga''
* ''VideoGame/CardSagaWars''
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonGemSaga''
* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}} Saga''
* ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga''
* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Dragonica}} Dragon Saga]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}} Saga''
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar Saga''
* ''VideoGame/TheGranstreamSaga''
* ''VideoGame/HoshiSaga''
* ''The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga''
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Collection: The Orochi Saga''
* ''[[VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia Legaia 2: Duel Saga]]''
* ''VideoGame/LostSaga''
* ''Madara Saga''
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''. Provides the page image.
* ''VideoGame/MetalSaga''
* ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn''
* ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon Saga''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rastan}} Saga''
* ''VideoGame/SigmaStarSaga''
* ''Silva Saga'' (and its predecessor ''Minelvaton Saga'')
* ''VideoGame/TearRingSaga'' (and its sequel ''VideoGame/BerwickSaga'')
* ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}: The Saga''
* ''Unbound Saga''
* ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga''
* ''Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} II: The Dark Saga''
* ''VideoGame/XenoSaga''
* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}} Saga''
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/TheRaidenSaga''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/FetchQuestSagaOfTheTwelveArtifacts''
* ''Webcomic/MitadakeSaga''
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''Roleplay/TheHopeSaga''
* ''Literature/TheMovolreilenSaga''
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!!! Examples of other types (with genitive or adjectives):

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}''
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/HorizonAnAmericanSaga''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AsianSaga''
* ''Literature/BriansSaga''
* ''Saga'' is the name of the second book in the ''Literature/TheAvatarChronicles'' series.
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' series and its prequel series, ''TheSagaOfLartenCrepsley''.
* ''Literature/SagaOfRecluce''
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfSevenSuns''
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheNobleDead''
* ''Literature/SagaOfTheExiles''
* As mentioned, Literature/TheIcelandicSagas always fall into this group.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/The7thSaga''
* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga''
* ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga''
* ''VideoGame/SagaRageOfVikings''
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''Literature/SagaOfSoul''
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck''
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