Risin og Kellingin, Sea stacks near Eiði, Faroe Islands

Risin og Kellingin are two dark basalt sea stacks off Eysturoy's northern coast near Eiði. The Giant (Risin) is the 71 m stack farther from land; the Witch (Kellingin) is the 68 m pointed stack nearer shore, standing on two legs. In the photograph the left stack is shorter and thicker with a blunt top, the right taller and narrower with a cleft near its upper section.

The legend, recorded in V. U. Hammershaimb's Færøsk Anthologi (1891), tells that Iceland's giants sent the giant Risin and the witch Kellingin to haul the Faroes back. Kellingin climbed Eiðiskollur with a rope, but her first pull split the mountain's northern part. As dawn broke, sunlight turned both to stone. Part of Kellingin broke off in the early 20th century.

The Faroese name Risin og Kellingin means "the Giant and the Witch" (or Hag). The tale of the two figures sent from Iceland to drag the Faroes away is recorded in the Færøsk Anthologi, collected by V. U. Hammershaimb and published in Copenhagen in 1891. In the story the witch climbs Eiðiskollur with a rope and splits the mountain's northern part.

The rock formations are best observed from the coastal path north of Eiði or from the village of Tjørnuvík on Streymoy. Weather in this area can change quickly, so visitors should come prepared for shifting conditions and wear sturdy footwear.

In July 2013, Bergur Mikladal, Bartal Mikladal and John Petersen became the first people recorded climbing Kellingin. The pointed stack stands on two legs, and part of it, described in Faroese sources as its "fat belly", broke off at the beginning of the twentieth century.