In Greek mythology, Pandora is fashioned from earth before the gods adorn her. Hesiod’s Works and Days presents Hephaestus making her from earth at Zeus’s command.
The creation scene resembles other ancient Greek myths in which a divine craftsman forms a human figure from earthly material. After Hephaestus shapes Pandora, the gods contribute appearance, skills, clothing, speech, and other qualities. The story therefore combines material creation with divine decoration and instruction.
Translations sometimes render the Greek material as “earth,” “soil,” or “clay-like earth.” “Earth” is the safest canonical answer because it matches the usual English wording of the myth and distinguishes the raw material from later artistic interpretations.
Pandora is not described in Hesiod as being carved from marble or cast from bronze. Those materials belong to later artistic representations and to other Greek stories. The myth’s important contrast is between earthly construction and the divine gifts that make Pandora a complete, socially persuasive figure.