Motif
Artificially fashioned woman endowed by multiple gods
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Artificial Beings and Substitute Kin. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1532-1621 confidence: high
Zeus orders Hephaestus to mix earth and water and fashion a maiden-shape; Athene, Aphrodite, and Hermes are assigned to give her skills, charms, longing, and deceitful nature.
Pandora is made from earth and water by Hephaestus and receives attributes, adornment, and speech from several Olympian gods.
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