Double earLast sheafStones at the field edgeHarvest crown
Mythology Summary
Jumis is the Latvian and Lithuanian deity of the field and its increase, whose attribute is any doubled fruit - two corn stalks grown together on one root, or a double ear of grain. At harvest a few ears are bent to the ground and held there with stones so that his growth stays in the field through the winter, and at Miķeļi, the autumn equinox, the 'Chase of Jumis' (Jumja ķeršana) brings the caught ear home in procession to guarantee the next year's crop. Etymologies connect him with Yama and with double-faced Janus, and he is a harvest being of the field rather than a temple god, known from the dainas and the harvest customs.
Modern Practice
Jumis is carried home once a year: the doubled ear found in the field, cut with songs, brought in procession and laid in the granary, with beer and bread at the end of the harvest. The practice is the guarantee of increase - what is carried home in thanks is what comes back next year - and it is done at Miķeļi, not at a Wiccan sabbat.