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Definition of Sagas
1. saga [n] - See also: saga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sagas
Literary usage of Sagas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1848)
"In short, whatever chronicler of past events neglects the sagas, ... These sagas
are variously classified. First, in alphabetical order ; again, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Among sagas which deal with the earliest history of America In the ... At the
close of the greal period of the composition of all these anonymous sagas, ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"It contains among other well-known sagas the Olafs saga ... Historical sagas
rarely contain any personal views of the author and they attained under Snorri, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Among sagas which deal with the earliest history of America in the chronicles of
Greenland ... Vigfusson formed a class of still shorter sagas than these, ..."
5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"In truth these sagas are divisible into two well-marked and sharply contrasted
classes. In the one class belong the Eddie Lays, and the Mythical and ..."
6. History of America Before Columbus: According to Documents and Approved Authors by Peter De Roo (1900)
"Various reminiscences of the same Vinland voyages in more ancient sagas and known
contemporary authors leave no doubt that the history of the Green- ..."
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