Kelly

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The name Pandora means “all-gifted”. Pandora is known as the first human women created by the gods. It’s said that she was supposed to be made specifically by Hephaestus and Athena, by the orders of Zeus. Hephaestus was a building god and much like a blacksmith he made weapons for the other gods. Athena was a warrior and she was known as the goddess of wisdom. Even though these two gods were assigned to make her, all the gods pitched in. They made her by casting gifts for her, such as beauty, and good manner. Some of these gifts, however, were not so good, some of these gifts, like curiosity, were seductive gifts. She was mainly made from gifts and rock. She is well-known for her “box”, but in Mythology she has a jar. To keep it less confusing I’ll use the box. This box was to contain all the hardship and suffering in the world today. For example, the contents of the box were that of, misery, death, heartache, disease, and other things, and also the bad feelings that we all feel today. She was given to Epimetheus (the brother of Prometheus.) Pandora was given to Epimetheus by Zeus, a...

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