In the standard Greek myth, Pandora is commonly called the first woman among humans.
Hesiod’s accounts present Pandora as a newly created female figure fashioned by the gods and introduced into the human world. Her creation supplies a mythic explanation for the arrival of women and for the burdens associated with marriage, labor, and reproduction in the ancient poem’s worldview.
This description belongs to Greek myth rather than modern historical or scientific accounts of human origins. Ancient Greek stories often use a single divinely made figure to explain the beginning of a social condition, just as other traditions use culture heroes or primordial ancestors.
Pandora is sometimes casually called a goddess, but she is generally described as a mortal woman created by the gods. She should also not be confused with later characters named Pandora in literature, art, or popular culture. The mythological Pandora’s role is specifically tied to the jar, Zeus’s punishment, and the spread of suffering.