Hermes gives Pandora deceitful thoughts and a shameless nature in Hesiod’s Works and Days.
Hesiod describes Pandora as receiving different attributes from several gods. Hermes, the divine messenger, is instructed by Zeus to put into her a shameless mind and a deceitful character. This detail is part of the poem’s broader description of Pandora’s construction and adornment.
The passage is often simplified in modern retellings, which focus almost entirely on the jar. In Hesiod’s narrative, however, the gods collectively prepare Pandora as a gift designed to bring consequences to humanity. Hermes’s contribution helps explain the poem’s characterization of her before the container is opened.
Hermes is not the god who creates Pandora’s physical body in this account; that task is assigned to Hephaestus. Nor is Hermes the owner of the jar. Keeping those roles separate avoids a common mix-up among the many divine figures involved in the myth.