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[edit] Legend of Lund Cathedral, Finn the Giant and St Lawrence
I came across this legend about the building of Lund Cathedral:
A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer: "LUND. City, SW Swed[en]. The mythological builder of L[und] Cath[edral] was the giant, Finn MacCool, at the request of St Lawrence. If the saint did not guess the builder's name by the time the ch[urch] was built, Finn would get his eyes. Lawrence guessed it as the last stone was put in place."
Third Census of Finnegans Wake: "Lund — the cathedral in Lund was built by Finn MacCool (q.v.) at the request of St Laurence. If the saint did not guess Finn's name by the time the church was built, Finn would get the saint's eyes. As the last brick was put in place, St Laurence guessed right. Finn tried to pull the church down, but was changed into a stone (q.v.) and stands there to this day."
I am guessing that the Finn in this legend is a Norse Finn and is not actually the Irish mythical figure Finn MacCool.
