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Pandora, first human woman created by the gods. [2] Pandora, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha, and thus, granddaughter of the above figure. [3] Pandora, an Athenian princess as the second eldest daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.
The Pandora myth first appeared in lines 560–612 of Hesiod's poem in epic meter, the Theogony (c. 8th–7th centuries BCE), without ever giving the woman a name. After humans received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decides to give humanity a punishing gift to compensate for the boon they had been given.
In Book 18 of the Iliad, Hephaestus the god of all mechanical arts, was assisted by two moving female statues made from gold – "living young damsels, filled with minds and wisdoms". Another legend has Hephaestus being commanded by Zeus to create the first woman, Pandora, out of clay.
Pandora, an antagonist in the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Poisony) Pandora, a character in the Kid Icarus series of video games; Pandora, one of the antagonists in the Mega Man ZX series; Pandora, a fictional planet in the Noon Universe by Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Pandora's mother was Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was the sister of Hellen and Thyia. [4] Her other possible siblings were Protogeneia, [5] Pronoos, Orestheus, Marathonius, [6] Amphictyon, [7] Melantho [8] and Candybus. [9] According to the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, Pandora was the mother of Graecus by the god Zeus.
Pandora's box is a metaphor for something that brings about great troubles or misfortune, but also holds hope. In Greek mythology, Pandora's box was a gift from the gods to Pandora, the first woman on Earth. It contained all the evils of the world, which were released when Pandora opened the box.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...