Which ancient Greek god is said to have made Pandora’s body from clay?

Hephaestus is said to have made Pandora’s body from clay.

In Hesiod’s account, Zeus commands Hephaestus to form Pandora from earth. Hephaestus is the Olympian god of fire, metalworking, craftsmanship, and the forge, so his role as a divine maker fits the story’s imagery. Other gods then contribute qualities and adornments to the figure he creates.

The clay detail connects Pandora to a wider group of ancient creation traditions in which a human body is shaped from earth. It also distinguishes the story from accounts in which a deity creates a person through birth or transformation. Pandora is constructed as a purposeful divine object before being sent into the human world.

Hephaestus is sometimes confused with Prometheus because both figures are associated with fire and human creation stories. Prometheus steals fire for humanity, while Hephaestus performs the crafting of Pandora. Those are separate roles in the myth.