In Hesiod’s Theogony, Hermes gives Pandora deceptive speech and a crafty mind.
Pandora receives different attributes from different gods as part of Zeus’s punishment of humanity. Hermes, the messenger and herald of the gods, is associated in the poem with placing a deceitful nature and language in her. The detail helps explain why Pandora is presented as both attractive and dangerous.
Theogony and Works and Days do not provide identical lists of gifts in identical wording. Theogony focuses on the gods’ roles in making and adorning Pandora, while Works and Days expands the story and explains its consequences for human life.
Modern summaries sometimes assign every gift to Zeus or Hephaestus, but Hesiod’s account is more specific. Hermes is the deity connected with Pandora’s deceptive speech and mind in Theogony.