In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora, which god crafts her from earth and water?

In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora, Hephaestus crafts her from earth and water.

Hesiod describes Zeus ordering Hephaestus, the divine smith, to shape Pandora’s body from earth and water. Hephaestus is the Greek god associated with fire, metalworking, craftsmanship, and forging, so the act of creating a human figure fits his traditional role.

Pandora is then given qualities and adornments by other gods. Athena teaches her handicrafts and clothes her, Aphrodite gives her beauty, and Hermes gives her a deceptive character and speech. The myth thus presents Pandora as a composite creation assembled through several divine contributions.

This episode occurs in Hesiod’s Theogony and is expanded in Works and Days. The story explains Pandora’s creation as part of Zeus’s punishment of humanity after Prometheus steals fire. Hephaestus’s role is specifically the physical fashioning of Pandora, not the decision to send her to humans.