In Greek mythology, Pandora was described as being made from clay. The god Hephaestus shaped her form from earth or clay at Zeus’s command, after which the other gods supplied her with different gifts.
This detail belongs to the creation story surrounding Pandora’s arrival among humans. Hephaestus’s role is that of divine craftsman: he fashions Pandora’s body, while deities such as Athena and Aphrodite contribute abilities, clothing, beauty, or other attributes in different versions and summaries of the myth.
The clay detail can be confused with other creation myths in which humans are formed from earth. Pandora is not the same figure as the biblical Eve, and her creation story has a different place in Greek mythology. The ancient accounts also emphasize that Pandora is the first woman, created after Prometheus’s theft of fire and as part of Zeus’s response to humanity’s new possession.