In the Greek myth of Pandora, which god crafted her body from clay?

In the Greek myth of Pandora, Hephaestus crafted her body from clay.

Hesiod describes Zeus ordering Hephaestus, the divine smith, to shape Pandora from earth. Hephaestus is the Olympian god associated with metalworking, fire, craftsmanship, and the forge, so the creation of a human-like figure fits his traditional role. The other gods then add qualities and adornments to the figure.

Pandora’s creation is part of a divine punishment directed at humanity after Prometheus gives humans fire. Hesiod’s account makes the episode a cosmic chain of actions: Prometheus’s theft provokes Zeus, Zeus arranges Pandora’s creation, and the gods equip her before she enters the human world.

Ancient versions do not give the story the later image of a small wooden box. Hesiod’s container is a pithos, a substantial jar used for storage. The clay used for Pandora and the clay vessel in later visual imagination can therefore become blended in modern retellings, although the original narrative distinguishes the created woman from the container she opens.