(zool.) In a dream, a starling represents an ascetic, one who surrenders to God's will, a true believer, a patient man, a traveller, or a companion on the road. If one sees himself holding a starling in a dream, it means that he will meet someone of such calibre. He eats its flesh or pulls out its feathers in the dream, which means that he will receive benefits. A starling in a dream also may represent the element of mixing good deeds with bad ones, or a person who is neither rich nor poor, neither honest nor vile. Seeing a starling in a dream also means humiliation, being content with little, or it may represent a writer. (Also see Swallow)