In Greek mythology, who was Pandora’s mother according to the standard creation story?

In Greek mythology, no mother is named for Pandora in the standard creation story. Hesiod presents Pandora as a woman fashioned by the gods from earth, rather than as a daughter born to a named divine mother.

This origin distinguishes Pandora from many figures in Greek myth whose parentage is carefully recorded. Hephaestus forms her body at Zeus’s command, and several gods then contribute attributes or gifts. Because the creation is collective and artificial, the story does not require a maternal genealogy.

Readers sometimes assume Gaia, Hera, or another goddess must be Pandora’s mother because those figures are prominent female deities. That assumption is not supported by Hesiod’s account. Pandora’s role is instead to become Zeus’s punishment for humanity after Prometheus gives mortals the stolen gift of fire.