Among the ancient Hittite documents in cuneiform writing, discovered in excavations in Asia Minor, those referring to their great religious celebrations and magical rituals have a specific weight. The study of this type of texts allows us to know a relevant part of the cultural background of this anatolic people of the second millennium BC, which became a political-military power in the ancient Near East, together with other secular powers with which it rivaled , like Egypt or Assyria. Beyond this, their culture and beliefs are largely reflected in this still poorly known magical-religious documentation. Thus, the initial presentation of this complex panorama, together with a subsequent selection, in commented translation, of the texts offered in this book - both the documents on seasonal state festivals and the rituals related to various aspects of becoming newspaper–, they represent an enriching and novel approach to the Hittites from a different perspective than the one we are used to.