Pandora was the first human woman according to Greek Mythology.
Genealogy and Family[]
Pandora's father could be considered Hephaestus since he made her. She became the wife of the Titan God, Epimetheus and had a daughter named Pyrrha with him. Through Pyrrha and her husband Deucalion, she is the grandmother of many people including Hellen, the King of the Greeks and Pandora, Protogeneia and Thyia, three maidens loved by Zeus. Most rulers of Greece during the mythic age descend from Pandora.
Myth[]
Zeus wanted to punish the human race for receiving the gift of fire from Prometheus and ordered his son, Hephaestus the god of the forge to create first human woman, a beautiful evil, whose descendants would torment the human race. Hephaestus crafted the first mortal woman out of clay, and presented her to the other Olympian Gods, who each bestowed gifts upon her, some being: Apollo who gifted her with a beautiful singing voice, Athena who gave her clothing and skills in needlework, The Charites and Peitho who gave her jewellery, The Horae who gave her a garland crown, Hermes who gave her power of speech as well as the ability to lie and give crafty words and Aphrodite who gave her cruel longing and cares that weary the limbs before Hermes named her Pandora meaning 'all gifted' and Zeus gave her his gift- a box he warned Pandora never to open. After she was brought to life, Zeus sent Hermes the messenger of the Gods to deliver her to Epimetheus, the Titan God of after thought and excuses, introducing Pandora as a creation of and gift from Zeus, and Epimetheus took Pandora, having forgotten his brother Prometheus' warning to him of 'never accepting a gift from Zeus. Epimetheus married the first human woman, Pandora and had a daughter named Pyrrha with her.
Years after her birth, Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened Zeus' box, despite his warning to her, not expecting to release all the evils and plagues of the world from the box which would make humanity suffer. Poseidon would also bring the Great Deluge, a massive flood which wiped out most of humanity as well as Pandora. However Pandora's daughter Pyrrha and son in law Deucalion managed to escape to a ship they had made in time and sailed away to Mount Parnassus. There Deucalion received a prophecy from Themis or Zeus to " throw the bones of his Mother over his shoulder to create a new race of humankind after the deluge" Deucalion worked out the riddle and he and Pyrrha threw stones over their back, from Pyrrha came a tribe of women and Deucalion a tribe of men.
Appearance and Personality[]
Pandora was created as a beautiful young woman with eternal youth.
Skills and Abilities[]
Relationships[]
Symbols[]
Pandora's symbol is a pithos jar.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
Her name means "all gifts" in Greek.
Her Greek name is Πανδωρα.