Editing Hittites (section)

===Religion of the early Hittites===
In the Central Anatolian settlement of [[Ankuwa]], home of the pre-Hittite goddess Kattaha and the worship of other Hattic deities illustrates the ethnic differences in the areas the Hittites tried to control. Kattaha was originally given the name Hannikkun. The usage of the term Kattaha over Hannikkun, according to Ronald Gorny (head of the Alisar regional project in Turkey), was a device to downgrade the pre-Hittite identity of this female deity, and to bring her more in touch with the Hittite tradition. Their reconfiguration of gods throughout their early history such as with Kattaha was a way of legitimizing their authority and to avoid conflicting ideologies in newly included regions and settlements. By transforming local deities to fit their own customs, the Hittites hoped that the traditional beliefs of these communities would understand and accept the changes to become better suited for the Hittite political and economic goals.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gorny|first1=Ronald|date=Aug–Nov 1995|title=Hittite Imperialism and Anti-Imperial Resistance As Viewed from Alișar Höyük|jstor=1357346|journal=The Archaeology of Empire in Ancient Anatolia|issue=299/300|pages=69–70|doi=10.2307/1357346 |s2cid=163346233 }}</ref>