In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora was made from clay.
Hesiod describes the first woman as being fashioned from earth by Hephaestus at Zeus’s command. The image parallels other creation traditions in which a deity shapes a human figure from earth or clay before adding life, abilities, or divine qualities. Pandora’s material origin also connects her to the Greek word often translated as “earth” or “soil” in creation imagery.
After Hephaestus forms her, the gods give Pandora different gifts. Athena teaches her crafts, Aphrodite grants beauty, and Hermes gives her a deceptive or manipulative character in Hesiod’s account. Zeus then sends her to Epimetheus, who accepts her despite Prometheus’s warning. The familiar box episode follows afterward. Modern retellings sometimes focus only on the container, but Hesiod’s story first presents Pandora as a constructed divine creation whose attributes are assembled by the gods.