[3] One of the legends about Moʻo is that Pele is the volcano goddess who sends her little sister, Hiʻiaka, to rescue a mortal lover.
Wahineʻomaʻo starts across, but Hiʻiaka recognizes the bewitched bridge for what it is: the tongue of the man-eating moʻo Kikipua.
Another story about Moʻo is “To this day, fishermen hoping to catch hinalea (wrasse) in Waialua, Oʻahu, call upon the spirit of Kalamainuʻu.
After she married him, her cousins Hinalea and Aikilolo disclosed her true identity, then turned into fish and disappeared down a crack in the seafloor.
Once the serpent had passed, Hina emerged from the rock and used her magical powers to turn the Moʻo Kuna into stone”.
[5] The Pokémon evolutionary line Jangmo-o, Hakamo-o, and Kommo-o, introduced in the Hawaii inspired Alola region, may be based on the mo'o.