A legendary saga or fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland. There are some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century. The sagas were probably all written in Iceland, from about the middle of the 13th century to about 1400, although it is possible that some may be of a later date, such as Hrólfs saga kraka.
Fornalder ("times past"); painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo
Hjorvard and Hjalmar propose to Ingeborg
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.
Snorri Sturluson, portrait by Christian Krohg: Illustration for Heimskringla 1899-Edition
Excerpt from Njáls saga in the manuscript Möðruvallabók (AM 132 folio 13r) c. 1350.