In Hesiod’s Greek myth, Hermes gave Pandora a deceitful mind and a deceptive nature.
Works and Days describes Hermes adding qualities that make Pandora persuasive but untrustworthy. The messenger god is associated here with craftiness, misleading speech, and a mind capable of deception. His contribution fits the story’s larger purpose: Zeus wants Pandora to become an appealing but harmful gift to humanity.
This detail is easy to mix up with Hermes’s better-known role as messenger and guide. The myth does not say that Hermes alone created Pandora or that he opened her container. In Hesiod’s account, several gods participate in her construction and endowment, while the opening of the vessel becomes the central later episode associated with her name.