Editing Palaic language (section)

== Sources ==
The entire corpus of Palaic spans only CTH 751-754 in [[Emmanuel Laroche]]'s  [[catalog of Hittite texts]]; in addition Hittite texts elsewhere cite passages in Palaic in reference to the weather god [[Zaparwa]] ([[Hittite language|Hittite]] Ziparwa), the leading god of the land of Pala.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burney |first=Charles |date=2004 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Hittites |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=223 |isbn=0810865645 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1017/9781108758666.005 |chapter=Anatolian |title=The Indo-European Language Family |year=2022 |last1=Kloekhorst |first1=Alwin |pages=63–82 |isbn=978-1-108-75866-6 |authorlink1=Alwin Kloekhorst }}</ref> In particular, CTH 750, a festival in Hittite for Ziparwa and associated deities, includes passages stating, "The Old Woman speaks the words of the bread in Palaic," or alternately "the words of the meal," though no Palaic passages are quoted. The Palaic-language texts are all from a religious context, with ritual and mythological content.<ref>Carruba, O. ''Das Palaische. Texte, Grammatik, Lexikon.'' Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1970. StBoT 10.</ref> In addition to Zaparwa, the Palaumnili-speakers worshipped a sun deity [[Tiyaz]] ([[Luwian language|Luwian]] [[Tiwaz (Luwian deity)|Tiwaz]]), the Hattian goddess Kataḫzip/wuri, and several others.