{{wiktionary|Deluge|deluge}} A '''deluge''' is a large downpour of rain, often a flood.
'''The Deluge''' refers to the flood narrative in the biblical book of Genesis.
'''Deluge''' or '''Le Déluge''' may also refer to:
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==History== *Deluge (history), the Swedish and Russian invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654–1667) *Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths *Après moi, le déluge (lit. 'After me, the flood'), a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France in 1757
==Arts, entertainment, and media== ===Films=== *''Deluge'' (film), a 1933 post-apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the S. Fowler Wright novel *''The Deluge'' (film), a 1974 Polish film based on the Sienkiewicz novel *''Le Déluge'' (film) or ''The Flood'', a 2024 French-Italian historical drama film
===Literature=== *''Deluge'' (novel), a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright *''Deluge'', a 2008 novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough *''Le Déluge'' (Le Clézio), a fictional work by J. M. G. Le Clézio. *''The Deluge'' (Tooze book), a 2014 book by Adam Tooze *''The Deluge'' (novel), ''Potop'', an 1886 novel by Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz about the historical event *''The Deluge'', a 1954 pastiche story credited to Leonardo da Vinci, actually written by Robert Payne *''The Deluge'', a 2007 novel by Mark Morris *''The Deluge'', a 2023 novel about dystopian climate change by Stephen Markley
===Music=== *''Deluge'', a 1997 album by Jocelyn Pook *''Le Déluge'' (Saint-Saëns), an 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns *''The Deluge'' (Manilla Road album), 1986 *''The Deluge'' (Fanning Dempsey National Park album), 2024
===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media=== * ''The Deluge'' (painting), an 1805 painting by J.M.W. Turner * ''The Deluge'' (Martin), an 1834 painting by John Martin *Deluge (fine art photography), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle *Deluge (Transformers), several Transformers characters *''The Deluge'', a painting by Winifred Knights *"The Deluge" (''Knots Landing''), a 1985 television episode
==Firefighting== *''Deluge'' (fireboat), several vessels *A type of fire sprinkler system *Deluge gun, equipment used in firefighting
==Other uses== *Le Déluge, a former commune in the Oise department, France *Deluge (software), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK *Deluge Fountain, in Bydgoszcz, Poland *Deluge Mountain, a summit in Canada
==See also== *Flood (disambiguation) *Flood myth, mythic floods in general
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