An authority on the Aggadah:

Dictionary

Ag•ga•dah
Pronunciation: ( Seph. Heb.ä-gä-dä'; Ashk. Heb.u-gä'du), [key]
—n.
the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the
Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to illustrate the meaning or
purpose of the law, custom, or Biblical passage being discussed or to introduce a
different, unrelated topic. Also,Ag•ga•da',Agada,Haggadah