Pollux

Not to be confused with Pollex, the Latin word for "thumb."

Pollux may refer to:

Astronomy

• Pollux (star), (β Geminorum)
• Pollux, a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus

Fictional characters

• Pollux Black, a pureblood wizard, grandfather of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter universe

Games

• Pollux, a monster in the online game Granado Espada
• Pollux, a character in the erotic anime series Words Worth
• Pollux (arcade game), an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991
• Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company.
• The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems, used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

Geography

• Pollux (mountain), a mountain in the Pennine Alps, in Italy and Switzerland

Mythology

• Pollux or Polydeuces, one of the Gemini twins; see Castor and Pollux

People

• Julius Pollux, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician

Railroads

• Pollux, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class

Ships

• SS Southern Cross (1886), a whaler and exploration ship originally named SS Pollux
• SS Pollux, the name of more than one ship
• USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290), ex-T-AK-290, a vehicle cargo ship in non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290) from 1981 to 2007, since 2007 maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force
• USS Pollux, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Television

• EAS Pollux, a spaceship in the television series Babylon 5
• Pollux, a dog in the French television series Le Manège Enchanté, known as Dougal in the English version, The Magic Roundabout