In Hesiod’s story of Pandora, which god made Pandora from earth?

In Hesiod’s story of Pandora, Hephaestus made Pandora from earth. The smith god shaped the first woman at Zeus’s command, giving the myth a deliberate creation scene rather than a story of ordinary human birth.

Hephaestus was the Olympian god associated with fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship. His role connects Pandora to the same divine world of making and technical skill that appears elsewhere in Greek mythology. After he formed her, other gods supplied qualities, clothing, ornaments, and abilities.

The story occurs in Hesiod’s Works and Days, where Pandora is part of Zeus’s response to Prometheus’s theft of fire. Later versions often call the container a box, although ancient Greek accounts describe a large storage vessel. Another common simplification is to treat Pandora as a goddess; in Hesiod she is a specially created mortal woman, despite her divine manufacture and gifts.