In Hesiod’s account, Hephaestus fashioned Pandora from earth and water.
Hephaestus was the divine smith of Greek mythology, known for metalworking, fire, and the manufacture of extraordinary objects. In the Pandora story, Zeus ordered him to form a woman from earth as part of the punishment directed at humanity after Prometheus’s theft of fire.
The making of Pandora is a collaborative divine project, not the work of Hephaestus alone. Other gods add qualities or gifts, including skills, beauty, speech, and persuasive charm. That division is why answers naming Athena or Aphrodite can sound plausible but are incorrect for the specific act of fashioning her body. The myth is also sometimes retold as though Pandora were made from clay alone; translations of Hesiod describe earth and water. Hephaestus’s role connects the story with his broader identity as the gods’ craftsman.