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

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

Hesiod’s Works and Days describes Zeus ordering Hephaestus, the divine smith, to create Pandora. Hephaestus was famous for making objects and beings for the gods, so the task fits his role as the Olympian craftsman. Pandora’s creation is presented as part of Zeus’s punishment of humanity after Prometheus stole fire.

The story does not describe Pandora as being born naturally. Instead, she is fashioned by divine workmanship and then equipped by other gods with different qualities. This division of labor is why several gods appear in accounts of her creation, but Hephaestus is the figure associated with forming her body.

A common mix-up is attributing Pandora’s creation to Prometheus, because Prometheus is also linked with humans made from clay in later mythology. In Hesiod’s account, however, Prometheus is Pandora’s opponent or absent counterpart, while Zeus commissions Hephaestus to make her.