In Hesiod's Theogony, Pandora is made from earth.
The poem says Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mix earth with water and form a woman. This creation from earthly material places Pandora within a wider ancient Greek pattern in which divine craftsmen shape living or humanlike beings from substances of the natural world.
The account differs from some later artistic and literary versions that describe Pandora as a statue, automaton, or figure made from clay without preserving Hesiod's exact wording. The stable detail in the ancient source is the combination of earth and water under Hephaestus's craftsmanship.
Pandora's origin also parallels other creation stories in Greek mythology, but she should not be confused with the later Roman tradition's first woman, often called Pyrrha. Hesiod's Pandora is created by divine command as part of Zeus's response to Prometheus and the theft of fire.