In Hesiod’s Greek mythology, which god shaped Pandora’s body from clay?

In Hesiod’s Greek mythology, Hephaestus shaped Pandora’s body from clay. Zeus ordered the creation of Pandora as part of his punishment of humanity after Prometheus gave humans fire.

Hephaestus was the Olympian god associated with fire, metalworking, craftsmanship, and inventive construction. In the myth, his role as divine artisan makes him the natural figure to form Pandora. Other gods then add different qualities, possessions, or abilities to the newly made woman.

The story appears most fully in Hesiod’s Works and Days and is also connected with the account in the Theogony. Later retellings often simplify the creation scene and say only that the gods made Pandora, but Hesiod specifically assigns the shaping of her body to Hephaestus. This detail should not be confused with the separate question of who gave her speech, clothing, or other attributes.