In Hesiod’s Theogony, Hephaestus is credited with making Pandora’s body from earth.
Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, craft, and smithing. Hesiod describes Zeus ordering him to form a woman from earth as part of the punishment directed at Prometheus and humanity. Other gods then contribute qualities, adornments, or abilities, giving Pandora her name and completing her presentation as a divine creation.
This detail comes from Theogony, while the fuller account of Pandora’s container and the consequences of opening it appears in Works and Days. The two poems are important sources for the myth, but they do not tell exactly the same amount of the story.
Hephaestus is sometimes confused with Prometheus because both figures are associated with fire. Their roles differ: Hephaestus is the divine craftsman who forms Pandora, while Prometheus is the Titan who steals fire for humans and becomes part of Zeus’s punishment narrative.