Favorite Goddess - Pandora

Of all the Gods and Goddesses that have legacies that people know inklings about through popular culture and media, Pandora often gets the worst reputation. I choose her as my favorite Goddess because she has a story and personality different that the reputation that often precedes her name. As one of the first femme-fatale personas presented in history, she was beautiful of course and although obviously not the brightest character, as evidenced by her opening the box that released misery to the world, she was a caring and loving Goddess. Most people know her by the term Pandora’s Box and yet they do not know the story behind it. Though she may have opened the box, Pandora did not create the box or any of the spites within and is not an evil creature by nature. Instead it is the story of her as the “All-Giver” that embodies her spirit. Her beauty is captured in her stunning aura which draws the mortals in so that she may care for the mortals, giving them food, medicine and anything they may need for survival. Yet more than the physical gifts, the greatest thing she gave the mortals was the intangibles such as curiosity, wisdom, courage and peace. To many, Pandora’s beauty is the downfall of mankind because she opened the box which led to many a calamity, and yet it is told in this myth that her beauty allowed her to give her greatest gifts to the human race.