Pandora. John William Waterhouse (1896). Pandora: when curiosity becomes mordant ☠️ In Greek mythology, Pandora ("she who possesses all gifts", or "she who is the gift of all the gods") was the first woman created by Zeus after the titan Prometheus cheated and stole fire from the gods to bestow upon humanity. Zeus, as punishment, decided to neutralize this blessing and take revenge. Consequently, he tasked Hephaestus and Athena with molding a woman, with the help of all the other gods, who granted her their best gifts and gifts. However, with one (cunning lol 🚩) detail: the god Hermes made her the owner of a dangerous and uncontrollable curiosity. Pandora was then sent to Earth to marry Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. She carried with her a jar or box given to her by Zeus with the recommendation that she never open it (it seems like she would hold back, you rascally Zeus👀 lol), because it contained all kinds of misery and evil. But Pandora, overcome by curiosity, opened the box from which all the evils flew to earth. Only Hope remained inside, the lid having been closed before she could escape. The reason for Hope's presence with the evils is due to Pandora closing the box at the right time; men would only suffer from the evils, but not the foreknowledge of them, which would probably be worse. The mentality of this myth sees Pandora as the one who gave man the possibility of improving himself through trials and adversity. She thus gives him the strength to face these trials with Hope. Pandora is not the source of evil; she is the source of strength, dignity and beauty, therefore, without adversity, human beings could not improve.💖