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:

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