Serpent brooches
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In Telemark it was a tradition that girls used the Snake brooch. When she got married she was given a Bol brooch. The Snake brooch was then moved down from its top position on the chest, and the Bol brooch would take its place. Nowadays this tradition is quite unknown, not even the people that tailor the Bunad necessarily know about it.
The symbolism in the snake filigree brooch is believed to derive from Norse Paganism. It is a sculpture of the Midgard Serpent, a serpent that lies in a circle along the face of the Earth and bites its own tail.
