Ebru Şenocak Mythological Hero Lokman Hekim.

In Turkish culture, Lokman Hekim is a legendary figure known as a hero, judge, philosopher, miracle worker, and wise man with sacred and extraordinary qualities. He has been associated and identified with various historical and legendary figures across different civilizations, such as Shuruppak, the father of Noah in Sumerian civilization; Aesop of the Greeks; Ahiqar of the Arameans; Lubat of the Jews; and Planudes of Byzantium. He is also connected in narrative traditions with the famous scholar Ibn Sina (Avicenna) in stories related to the search for a cure for death, where they appear as a shared or parallel figure. Depending on cultural context, he is referred to by different names reflecting his healing role: Hakim Lokman, Tabib Lokman, Lokman Hekim; among Azerbaijani Turks as Loğman; among Kazakh Turks as Lukpan Äkim; and among Uyghur Turks as Lokman/Lokman Hekim. It is also believed in tradition that this wise figure practiced various professions such as judge, carpenter, tailor, merchant, quilt-maker, and shepherd.