In the myth of Pandora, which god shaped her physical form from earth?

In the myth of Pandora, Hephaestus shaped her physical form from earth.

Hephaestus was the Greek god of fire, metalworking, craft, and smithing. In Hesiod’s account, Zeus ordered him to create Pandora, and Hephaestus fashioned her likeness from earth. Other gods then contributed attributes, clothing, ornaments, or abilities, creating the fully equipped figure sent to humanity.

This division of roles matters because the myth does not describe Pandora as being made by one god alone in every respect. Hephaestus creates her bodily form, while the other Olympian deities add their gifts. Hermes, for example, is associated with giving her a deceptive or crafty character in some translations.

Readers sometimes connect Pandora’s creation directly with Aphrodite because she receives beauty, but Aphrodite is not the craftsman who forms her body in Hesiod’s narrative. Hephaestus’s role also parallels other Greek myths in which gods or divine craftsmen create remarkable beings, weapons, or objects.