In the days long gone by there lived a family of giants in the Hills of Helgona near Lund. One they day heard with great anxiety and consternation that a holy man had come into the country from Saxony, to build a church.
While that man was choosing his site and laying out the plans for the buildings, there stood at his side, one day, none other than Finn, the giant of the Helgona Hills. Finn said to him: "I will build the church for you, if, when it is finished, you will tell me what my name is. But if you cannot tell me, you must give to my little ones the sun and the moon."
The priest could not reasonably promise so much, but anxious to have the church built, he offered his two eyeballs instead, trusting to fortune. Satisfied with the bargain, the giant at once started on the work, and with wonderful speed. Soon there remained nothing more to complete it than to set one stone on the tower.
The day before it was to take place, the priest stood on the Helgona Hills and was thinking gloomily that this seemed to be the last day he could see at all. Then he heard the cry of a child from within the hill, and the voice of the giant mother who was striving to quiet it with a song. He clearly heard her sing: "Silent, silent, little son, tomorrow your father Finn will bring you either the sun and moon or else the eyes of someone."
The the priest heard that, he was happy, for now he knew the giant's name. He ran back quickly to town, and went to the church. There sat the giant on the roof, just about to set the last stone in place. At that very moment the priest sang out, ""Finn, Finn, Take care how you put the stone in!"
The giant flung the stone from him in a rage and rushed from the tower to the ground. There he laid hold of one of the pillars and tried to pull the church down. But he had built it too well, so he found there was nothing better to do than to disappear, and that he did.
【Basically just stay away from Giants because you might get hurt either way】
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