The Pandora's Box was an artifact of antiquity that could be used to contain beings of great power, possess beings, and open gateways to other worlds.
History
Pre-Flashpoint
New Earth
To punish the hero Prometheus, who stole fire from the Gods to give to men, Zeus created Pandora, the "living embodiment of all that is woman", and offered her along with a box to him as a punishment disguised as a gift. Prometheus rejected her, but she was accepted by his brother Epimetheus, and, living among men, Pandora, overcome by curiosity, eventually opened the box that Zeus expressly forbade her from opening, releasing all evil into the world. The only thing left of Pandora's box was a jewel that adorned it and which became the Amulet of Harmonia.[1]
Vertigo Universe
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Post-Flashpoint
The box, presumably created by The Circle of Eternity, was originally used to imprison the Seven Deadly Sins. However, a mortal named Pandora found the box and opened it out of curiosity, releasing the sins from their prison.
Pandora kept the box, seeking numerous individuals in search of someone pure to return the sins to their isolation. When an individual touched the box, it possessed them, putting them into a destructive trance.
During the Trinity War, The Outsider was able to obtain the box, and used it to open a portal to Earth 3, allowing the Crime Syndicate to pass through to Prime Earth.
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Notes
- This character or object is an adaptation of Pandora's box, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
Trivia
- Supposedly, there are many more artifacts, like the Pandora's Box, in the Post-Flashpoint continuity.[2]
See Also
- Appearances of Pandora's Box
- Item Gallery: Pandora's Box
- Images featuring Pandora's Box