# Deluge

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A '''deluge''' is a large downpour of rain, often a [flood](/source/flood).

'''[The Deluge](/source/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)](/source/Deluge_(history)), the Swedish and Russian invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1654–1667)
*[Deluge (prehistoric)](/source/Deluge_(prehistoric)), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths
*[Après moi, le déluge](/source/Apr%C3%A8s_moi%2C_le_d%C3%A9luge) (lit. 'After me, the flood'), a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France in 1757

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Films===
*[''Deluge'' (film)](/source/Deluge_(film)), a 1933 post-apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the S. Fowler Wright novel
*[''The Deluge'' (film)](/source/The_Deluge_(film)), a 1974 Polish film based on the Sienkiewicz novel
*[''Le Déluge'' (film)](/source/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(film)) or ''The Flood'', a 2024 French-Italian historical drama film

===Literature===
*[''Deluge'' (novel)](/source/Deluge_(novel)), a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright
*''Deluge'', a 2008 novel by [Anne McCaffrey](/source/Anne_McCaffrey) and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough
*[''Le Déluge'' (Le Clézio)](/source/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(Le_Cl%C3%A9zio)), a fictional work by J. M. G. Le Clézio.
*[''The Deluge'' (Tooze book)](/source/The_Deluge_(Tooze_book)), a 2014 book by Adam Tooze
*[''The Deluge'' (novel)](/source/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](/source/Pierre_Stephen_Robert_Payne)
*''The Deluge'', a 2007 novel by [Mark Morris](/source/Mark_Morris_(author))
*''The Deluge'', a 2023 novel about dystopian climate change by [Stephen Markley](/source/Stephen_Markley)

===Music===
*''Deluge'', a 1997 album  by [Jocelyn Pook](/source/Jocelyn_Pook)
*[''Le Déluge'' (Saint-Saëns)](/source/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)), an 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns
*[''The Deluge'' (Manilla Road album)](/source/The_Deluge_(Manilla_Road_album)), 1986
*[''The Deluge'' (Fanning Dempsey National Park album)](/source/The_Deluge_(Fanning_Dempsey_National_Park_album)), 2024

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* [''The Deluge'' (painting)](/source/The_Deluge_(painting)), an 1805 painting by J.M.W. Turner
* [''The Deluge'' (Martin)](/source/The_Deluge_(Martin)), an 1834 painting by John Martin
*[Deluge (fine art photography)](/source/Deluge_(fine_art_photography)), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle
*[Deluge (Transformers)](/source/Deluge_(Transformers)), several Transformers characters
*''The Deluge'', a painting by [Winifred Knights](/source/Winifred_Knights)
*["The Deluge" (''Knots Landing'')](/source/The_Deluge_(Knots_Landing)), a 1985 television episode

==Firefighting==
*[''Deluge'' (fireboat)](/source/Deluge_(fireboat)), several vessels
*A type of [fire sprinkler system](/source/Fire_sprinkler_system)
*[Deluge gun](/source/Deluge_gun), equipment used in firefighting

==Other uses==
*[Le Déluge](/source/Le_D%C3%A9luge), a former commune in the Oise department, France
*[Deluge (software)](/source/Deluge_(software)), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK
*[Deluge Fountain](/source/Deluge_Fountain), in Bydgoszcz, Poland
*[Deluge Mountain](/source/Deluge_Mountain), a summit in Canada

==See also==
*[Flood (disambiguation)](/source/Flood_(disambiguation))
*[Flood myth](/source/Flood_myth), mythic floods in general

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