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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
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
Firefighting
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