In Greek mythology, the woman created by the gods and given a jar was Pandora.
Hesiod presents Pandora as the first woman, fashioned by the gods at Zeus’s command. Different deities contribute gifts or qualities to her, which helps explain the meaning of her name, commonly interpreted as “all-gifted” or “all-giving.”
The familiar English expression “Pandora’s box” is a later translation and adaptation. In the early Greek account, the container is a large storage jar, called a pithos, not a small box. Pandora’s opening of it releases troubles into the human world, while one thing remains inside.
Pandora is often confused with Eve because both figures appear in stories about the arrival of suffering. They belong to different religious and literary traditions: Pandora is Greek, while Eve appears in Genesis.