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 The Flood (Le Clézio novel) (), a 1966 novel 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 (William Basinski album), 2015 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