In Greek mythology, Hephaestus created Pandora’s human body from clay on Zeus’s orders.
Hephaestus was the Olympian smith and craftsman, so Zeus assigned him the physical manufacture of the first woman. In Hesiod’s account, the gods then contributed qualities or gifts, helping explain the name Pandora and her extraordinary presentation as a divinely equipped figure.
The creation scene parallels other Greek myths in which a god fashions living beings from earth. It also highlights Hephaestus’s special role as the divine artisan rather than Pandora’s father in a biological sense. Pandora is a constructed figure made at Zeus’s command.
Prometheus is often incorrectly given this role because he is associated with humanity and, in later traditions, with creating humans from clay. That is a different mythic tradition. For Pandora specifically, Hesiod identifies Hephaestus as the craftsman who shapes her body.