In Greek mythology, Hephaestus fashioned Pandora’s body before the other gods gave her gifts.
The story appears in Hesiod’s works, especially the Theogony and Works and Days. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the divine smith, to make Pandora from earth as part of a punishment directed at humanity after Prometheus gave humans fire.
Pandora’s name is usually interpreted as “all-gifted” or “all-giving,” because several gods contributed qualities or objects to her. Athena taught her crafts, Aphrodite gave her beauty, and Hermes supplied persuasive speech and a deceptive nature in Hesiod’s account.
A common mix-up is to say that Hephaestus created every aspect of Pandora alone. He made her physical form, but the myth presents her character and adornments as a collective divine construction. The later “box” tradition also changes Hesiod’s original container, which was a jar.