The name Møysalen is linked to the characteristic shape of the mountain massif. Just south of the summit itself lie the smaller peaks Lille Møya and Store Møya.
it is said that these are two troll girls who turned into stone. The top itself is either the riding stable of the two "Møyer" or the roof of the housing, the hall.
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a troll and a troll woman in Norddalen, just above the other Blokkenvatnet. They had two very beautiful daughters, and these girls were so happy to ride ato trust, because he listened more to men than to women.
These two beautiful "Møyer" had many suitors. When they rode over the mountain to Grønvatnet to bathe, the son of Vågakaillen stood and shouted and enticed their horse, because he wanted one of the girls to be his wife. But one of the "Møya" was to be married off to the son of the Stetind king in Tysfjorden, because he had so much salted herring. And the other was to be married off to the son of Kvæfjordtroillet, because he had so much fine almond potatoes.
To ensure that his daughters would not be kidnapped by unwanted suitors when they were out on their riding trips, the troll father decided to arrange for his daughters a proper riding saddle, and he would make it from the highest mountain on Hinnøya. He took a hammer and chisel with him, and then he chiseled a large saddle out of the mountain, which would provide space for both "Møya". He worked slowly and steadily, and heaved large boulders far away. Some landed in Blokken, and some out in Sortlandssundet. These are the islets we today call Feskholman. And the daughters stood more and more impatiently beside him and watched.
Trolls cannot stand the sun shining on them, because then they turn to stone. That is why the troll father and the "Møyer" had to hide in the mountain when the sun rose. But once, when the saddle was almost finished, and the "Møyer" stood admiring the beautiful work their troll father had done, they forgot to hide from the sun. That is why the "Møyer" stand today like two large stone pillars, admiring the saddle that their father carved out of the mountain.
The troll father and the troll wife were very sad when their daughters turned to stone, and cried many big tears. These tears lie there to this day as mountain water in the valley. And the saddle that the troll father made for the "Møyer" is the mountain we call Møysalen.
Source: Asmund Andreassen after folktale
