In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, which god fashions her body from earth?

In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, Hephaestus fashions her body from earth. Zeus orders the divine craftsman to shape Pandora as part of the punishment connected with Prometheus’s theft of fire.

Hephaestus is the Olympian god of fire, metalworking, craft, and technology. His role makes him the natural artisan for the task. After forming Pandora, he gives her human appearance and life-like beauty, while other gods add separate qualities and gifts.

The myth is sometimes compared with creation stories in which humans are made from clay or earth, but Pandora’s creation has a different narrative purpose. Hesiod presents her as a specially constructed figure and as the first woman in his version of the story. The account therefore combines craftsmanship, divine gifts, and a punishment plot rather than describing an ordinary birth.