Which Greek god fashioned Pandora’s body from clay in the myth?

Hephaestus fashioned Pandora’s body from clay in the Greek myth.

In Hesiod’s account, Zeus ordered Hephaestus to shape Pandora from earth. Hephaestus was the divine smith and craftsman of Mount Olympus, so the creation scene presents Pandora as a deliberately made figure rather than a naturally born goddess.

Other gods then contributed qualities or gifts. Athena taught her crafts, Aphrodite gave her beauty, and Hermes supplied a deceptive or persuasive nature in common summaries of the myth. The name Pandora means “all-gifted” or “all-giving,” reflecting these divine contributions.

The story differs from later artistic versions, which may portray Pandora as a goddess emerging fully formed or as a biblical-style first woman. In Hesiod, she is a crafted mortal woman created as part of Zeus’s response to Prometheus’s theft of fire.