ABSTRACT
Moolelo can play a vital role in the potency found in place and people because stories hold multiple meanings and although meanings may shift through time, their underlying function remains. Moolelo are thus filled with knowledge, purpose, and insight. Moolelo weaves through all life forms in Hawaii helping them connect so that purpose is clear, and instructions are revealed. Moolelo distinguishes Hawaii as unique in the world, yet they also simultaneously link with global peoples who have rich repositories of their own stories that keep their traditions alive, evolving, and relevant. In Hawaii, many stories don’t end with happily ever after. Our stories often end with, pipi holo kaao—the tale runs, the story continues. That is where the moo lives. Moolelo can then play a vital role in the potency found in place and people because stories hold multiple meanings and although meanings may shift through time, their underlying function remains.
