In Hesiod’s Greek myth of Pandora, which god made Pandora from clay?

In Hesiod’s Greek myth of Pandora, Hephaestus made Pandora from clay.

Hesiod describes Zeus ordering the smith-god Hephaestus to shape Pandora’s form from earth. Other gods then contributed qualities or skills, helping explain her name, which is usually interpreted as “all-gifted” or “the one who received all gifts.” The making of Pandora is therefore a divine manufacturing project rather than a birth story.

The myth appears in Hesiod’s works, especially the Theogony and Works and Days, written in archaic Greece. Hephaestus’s role fits his wider identity as the divine craftsman, metalworker, and maker of extraordinary objects.

Some retellings say that Athena created Pandora because Athena taught her crafts, while Aphrodite gave beauty and Hermes gave speech or a deceptive character. Those contributions do not replace Hephaestus as the god who formed her body.