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 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 apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the S. Fowler Wright novel
- The Deluge (film), a 1974 Polish film based on the Sienkiewicz novel
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 (album), a 1986 album by Manilla Road
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Deluge (fine art photography), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle
- Deluge (Transformers), several Transformers characters
- The Deluge, a painting by Winifred Knights
Firefighting
- Deluge (fireboat), several vessels
- A type of fire sprinkler system
- Deluge gun, equipment used in firefighting
Other uses
- Deluge (software), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK
- Deluge Fountain, in Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Deluge Mountain, a summit in Canada
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