In the Greek myth of Pandora, the woman created as humanity’s first woman is named Pandora.
Hesiod presents Pandora as a specially made figure sent to humanity after Prometheus gives humans fire. Her name is commonly interpreted as meaning “all-gifted” or “all gifts,” reflecting the contributions made by different gods.
The myth’s earliest surviving literary versions are found in Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days. In those poems, Pandora’s arrival is tied to Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus and to the introduction of hardship into human life.
Pandora is not described in every ancient source in exactly the same way. Later art, literature, and popular culture expanded her story, but the name Pandora consistently identifies the mythological woman at the center of the tradition.