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Greek:
According to Greek Myth, Pandora 'all-gifted' was the first women on earth. She was created by Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship by order of Zeus. She was created using Mud and Water and was endowed with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion and so on, hence her name Pandora 'all-gifted'.
The story that involves Pandora is as follows:
Prometheus stole fire from Heaven, this angered Zeus so he took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus's brother. When she went Pandora had a jar/box with her which she was not to open under any circumstances. However because of her natural curiosity, she opened the jar/box and all the evil contents that were inside escaped. She tried to close the lid, but everything had escaped, except for one thing that lay at the bottom and this was hope.
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